Opinion
98-01895
June 3, 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 January 22, 2001 (People v. Butts, 279 A.D.2d 587), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 23, 1998.
Elder Butts, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Rhea A. Grob, and Tziyonah M. Langsam of counsel), for respondent.
FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., FLORIO, O'BRIEN and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.