Opinion
No. 2004-03500.
June 10, 2008.
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 23, 2007 ( People v Cooper, 36 AD3d 828), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 4, 2004.
Billy Cooper, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and Laura T. Ross of counsel), for respondent.
Schwed Zucker, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (David Zucker of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: Spolzino, J.P., Lifson, Florio and Covello, 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).