Opinion
No. 1997-01170.
September 14, 2010.
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 May 10, 1999 ( People v Knight, 261 AD2d 487), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County, rendered October 18, 1996.
Darren Knight, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Thomas P. Zugibe, District Attorney, New City, N.Y. (Carrie A. Ciganek of counsel), for respondent.
Yasmin Daley Duncan, Brooklyn, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: Mastro, J.P., Santucci, Angiolillo and Chambers, JJ.
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).