Legal Opinion

People v. Thorpe

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

Decided June 14, 1999Published

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 May 1, 1995 {People v Thorpe, 215 AD2d 413), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 1, 1993.

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). O’Brien, J. P., Ritter, Sullivan and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. ThorpeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995