Opinion
2002-03020
June 18, 2002.
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 23, 1987 (People v. Abdullah, 134 A.D.2d 503), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered December 8, 1981.
John Joseph Abdullah, Elmira, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Glenn Green of counsel), for respondent.
Patrick Michael McKenna, Valley Stream, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, HOWARD MILLER, 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 U.S. 745).
O'BRIEN, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, McGINITY and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.