Opinion
1997-08819
November 3, 2003.
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 May 1, 2000 (People v. Branch, 272 A.D.2d 338), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 25, 1997.
Ohlin Branch, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Victor Barall, and Helen Polyzos of counsel), for respondent.
Barry Gene Rhodes, Brooklyn, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY, 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., SMITH, FRIEDMANN and McGINITY, JJ., concur.