Opinion
No. 1993-05802.
September 2, 2008.
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 November 4, 1996 ( People v Drummond, 233 AD2d 339), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 17, 1993.
James Drummond, Warwick, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Suzanne H. Sullivan of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Florio, J.P., Covello, Balkin and Leventhal, 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).