Opinion
October 29, 2001.
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 November 27, 2000 (People v. Lewis, 277 A.D.2d 466), affirming two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered August 11, 1998, and November 8, 1998, respectively.
Blair Lewis, Coxsackie, N.Y., appellant pro se.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Michael Blakey of counsel), for respondent.
McKenna Schneier, Valley Stream, N.Y. (Patrick Michael McKenna of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, HOWARD MILLER, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, 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 U.S. 745).
GOLDSTEIN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, H. MILLER and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.