Opinion
1997-02527
November 17, 2003.
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 23, 1998 (People v. Hawkins, 248 A.D.2d 634), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 5, 1997.
Murray Hawkins, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Jessica L. Melton of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., FRED T. SANTUCCI, 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).
PRUDENTI, P.J., SANTUCCI, FRIEDMANN and McGINITY, JJ., concur.