Opinion
No. 2001-11053.
October 13, 2009.
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 10, 2003 ( People v Curenton, 1 AD3d 445), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered December 3, 2001.
John T. Curenton, Attica, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Michael Blakey of counsel), for respondent.
Laura Solinger, Southold, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: Skelos, J.P., Fisher, Santucci and Chambers, 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).