Opinion
1998-03914, 1999-04405
October 7, 2002.
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 November 6, 2000 (People v. Ford, 277 A.D.2d 250), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 23, 1998, and an amended sentence of the same court, imposed February 9, 1999.
Kevin Ford, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and James A. Dolan of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Reyna E. Marder of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., NANCY E. SMITH, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., SMITH, FRIEDMANN and McGINITY, JJ., concur.