Opinion
January 31, 2000
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 June 30, 1997 (People v. Hatzfeld, 240 A.D.2d 758 ), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered November 16, 1994.
Joel A. Brenner, East Northport, N.Y., for appellant.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Marion M. Tang of counsel), for respondent.
DANIEL W. JOY, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, 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 ).
JOY, J.P., THOMPSON, SULLIVAN, and FRIEDMANN, JJ., concur.