People v. Costa

People v Costa (2026 NY Slip Op 00147)

People v Costa

2026 NY Slip Op 00147

Decided on January 14, 2026

Appellate Division, Second Department

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Decided on January 14, 2026 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P.
WILLIAM G. FORD
HELEN VOUTSINAS
LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.
2022-01272
(Ind. No. 1934/18)

Duane T. Costa, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Anne T. Donnelly, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Jason R. Richards and Kevin C. King of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated December 13, 2023 (People v Costa, 222 AD3d 775), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered January 27, 2022.

ORDERED that the application is denied.

The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel (see Jones v Barnes, 463 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).

IANNACCI, J.P., FORD, VOUTSINAS and VENTURA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court