Opinion
2012–01202 Ind. 929/10
02-07-2018
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. John DIXON, appellant.
John Dixon, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Ayelet Sela of counsel), for respondent. Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (A. Alexander Donn of counsel), former appellate counsel.
John Dixon, Napanoch, NY, appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Ayelet Sela of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (A. Alexander Donn of counsel), former appellate counsel.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., RUTH C. BALKIN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.
DECISION & ORDERApplication 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 A.D.3d 1016, 29 N.Y.S.3d 554 ), 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 U.S. 745, 103 S.Ct. 3308, 77 L.Ed.2d 987 ; People v. Stultz, 2 N.Y.3d 277, 778 N.Y.S.2d 431, 810 N.E.2d 883 ).
RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, HINDS–RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur.