Opinion
1998-09529
November 10, 2003.
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 April 8, 2002 (People v. Devorce, 293 A.D.2d 550), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered September 15, 1998.
Lamont Devorce, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Edward D. Saslaw of counsel), for respondent.
Adam S. Cohen, White Plains, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: NANCY E. SMITH, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, BARRY A. COZIER, 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).
SMITH, J.P., KRAUSMAN, SCHMIDT and COZIER, JJ., concur.