Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

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

Decided September 15, 1997Published

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 March 15, 1993 (People v Thomas, 191 AD2d 600), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 21, 1989.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the *594effective assistance of appellate counsel (see, Jones v Barnes, 463 US 745). Mangano, P. J., O’Brien, Sullivan and Santucci, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. People v. ThomasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993