Opinion
No. 2001-04356.
November 24, 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 September 8, 2003 ( People v Escalante, 308 AD2d 459), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered April 19, 2001.
Stephen N. Preziosi, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Edward A. Bannan of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Skelos and Santucci, 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).