People v. Thompson

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Nelson Thompson…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Jun 7, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4476 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

2000-05411

06-07-2017

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Nelson Thompson, appellant.

Nelson Thompson, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se. Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Solomon Neubort of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), former appellate counsel.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

SANDRA L. SGROI ROBERT J. MILLER VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ. (Ind. No. 4034/99)

Nelson Thompson, Wallkill, NY, appellant pro se.

Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Solomon Neubort of counsel), for respondent.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, NY (Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), former appellate counsel.

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 July 15, 2002 (People v Thompson, 296 AD2d 513), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 6, 2000.

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).

RIVERA, J.P., SGROI, MILLER and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court