PEOPLE EX REL. LYON v. THOMS

1082 KAH 19-01293.

188 A.D.3d 1767 (2020)

132 N.Y.S.3d 907

2020 NY Slip Op 06923

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Richard B. Lyon, Appellant, v. Matthew Thoms, Superintendent, Five Points Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.

Decided November 20, 2020.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that he was denied effective assistance of counsel on his direct appeal due to appellate counsel's conflict of interest. He now appeals from a judgment that, inter alia, denied the petition. We affirm. Regardless of petitioner's contention that he could not have raised that claim on...

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