Opinion
02-25-2015
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Derrick THOMPSON, appellant.
Derrick Thompson, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Ushir Pandit of counsel), for respondent. Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Kendra L. Hutchinson of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Derrick Thompson, Fallsburg, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Ushir Pandit of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Kendra L. Hutchinson of counsel), former appellate counsel.
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 October 10, 2012 ( People v. Thompson, 99 A.D.3d 819, 951 N.Y.S.2d 754 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 19, 2010.
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 ).
SKELOS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and MALTESE, JJ., concur.