Opinion
No. 1998-02474.
September 27, 2011.
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 August 16, 1999 ( People v LaPuma, 264 AD2d 448), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered February 17, 1998.
Anthony LaPuma, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Lois Cullen Valerio and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Rivera, Skelos and Dillon, 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).