Opinion
1999-08065.
September 12, 2005.
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 17, 2003 ( People v. Garcia, 303 AD2d 600), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 17, 1999.
Francisco Garcia, a/k/a Carlos Estrada, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Florio, J.P., H. Miller, Crane and Goldstein, 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).