Opinion
June 14, 1999
Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, an opinion and order of this court dated August 14, 1995 ( People v. DeFreitas, 213 A.D.2d 96), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 9, 1992.
Miguel DeFreitas, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Bruce E. Whitney and Karen Wigle Weiss of counsel), for respondent.
Matthew Muraskin, Hempstead, N.Y. (Judah Serfaty of counsel), former appellate counsel.
GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, DAVID S. RITTER, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, 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).