Opinion
1998-02195.
March 7, 2006.
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 December 2, 2002 ( People v. Lawson, 300 AD2d 319), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 24, 1998.
Ameer Lawson, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Emil Bricker of counsel), for respondent.
Robert DiDio, Kew Gardens, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: Santucci, J.P., Krausman, Crane and Mastro, 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).