Opinion
June 25, 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 October 4, 1999 (People v. Melendez, 265 A.D.2d 346), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 10, 1997.
Wilfredo Melendez, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Monique Ferrell of counsel), for respondent.
Before: LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, P.J., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, 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).
BRACKEN, P.J., ALTMAN, S. MILLER and McGINITY, JJ., concur.