Opinion
July 26, 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 March 8, 1999 (People v. Ramirez, 259 A.D.2d 567), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 7, 1998.
Efrain Ramirez, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Jeanette Lifschitz, and Thomas S. Berkman of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Steven R. Bernhard of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., DANIEL W. JOY, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, 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).