People v. Dixon

Full title: The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Dixon, appellant.

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

Date published: Feb 7, 2018

2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 843 (N.Y. App. Div. 2018)

Opinion

2012-01202

02-07-2018

The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. John Dixon, appellant.

John Dixon, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Ayelet Sela of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (A. Alexander Donn of counsel), former appellate counsel.

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. (Ind. No. 929/10)

John Dixon, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Ayelet Sela of counsel), for respondent.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (A. Alexander Donn 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 April 20, 2016 (People v Dixon, 138 AD3d 1016), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 20, 2012.

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., BALKIN, HINDS-RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur. ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court