Opinion
December 6, 2000.
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 19, 1997 (People v. DeRuggiero, 239 A.D.2d 517), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered November 10, 1994.
Salvatore DeRuggiero, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Valerie A. Livingston and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Before: GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., SONDRA MILLER, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ANITA R. FLORIO, 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).