Opinion
1998-00223
April 7, 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 April 24, 2000 (People v. Lopez, 271 A.D.2d 699), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 15, 1997.
Jorge Lopez, Collins, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Roni C. Piplani of counsel), for respondent.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, NANCY E. SMITH, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, 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).
RITTER, J.P., SANTUCCI, SMITH and KRAUSMAN, JJ., concur.