Legal Opinion

People v. Thigpen

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 2, 1998Published

1Opinion of the Court

—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 16, 1996 (People v Thigpen, 234 AD2d 486), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 25, 1994.

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). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Friedmann, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. ThigpenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996