Opinion
June 1, 1999
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 March 2, 1998 ( People v. Eckert, 248 A.D.2d 400), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 6, 1995.
Kevin A. Eckert, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Guy Arcidiacono of counsel), for respondent.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (Gregory J. Neilon of counsel), former appellate counsel.
LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, 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).