Opinion
No. 2003-05073.
September 20, 2011.
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 February 6, 2007 ( People v Coleman, 37 AD3d 489), modifying a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered May 5, 2003.
Shawn Coleman, Alden, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Margaret E. Mainusch of counsel), for respondent.
Joseph F. DeFelice, Kew Gardens, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Dillon, Chambers and Lott, JJ.
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).