Opinion
No. 1997-03555.
April 10, 2007.
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 Rivera, 259 AD2d 570), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 9, 1997.
Elmer Rivera, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Jessica L. Melton of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Ritter and Goldstein, 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).