People v. Thompson

Full title: THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. DWAYNE THOMPSON, APPELLANT

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 2, 2001

282 A.D.2d 480 (N.Y. App. Div. 2001)

722 N.Y.S.2d 745

Opinion

April 2, 2001.

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 October 23, 1995 (People v. Thompson, 220 A.D.2d 706), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 25, 1993.

Dwayne Thompson, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Donna Aldea of counsel), for respondent.

Kenneth Litwack, Bayside, N.Y., former appellate counsel.

Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, SONDRA MILLER, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.

DECISION ORDER

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 U.S. 745).