Opinion
February 9, 2000
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 1, 1999 (People v. Hawkins, 258 A.D.2d 472 ), affirming (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 27, 1995, and (2) an order of the same court entered March 28, 1997.
Sidney Hawkins, Marcy, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Florence M. Sullivan, and Karen Marcus of counsel), for respondent.
CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, DANIEL W. JOY, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
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 ).
O'BRIEN, J.P., SANTUCCI, JOY, and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.