Opinion
No. 1998-00550.
May 15, 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 November 15, 1999 ( People v Backman, 266 AD2d 399), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered November 18, 1997.
Prince Backman, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Jennifer Spencer and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Schmidt and Santucci, JJ., concur.
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 [2004]).