Opinion
March 9, 2000
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 January 12, 1998 (People v. Ortiz, 246 A.D.2d 559 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 1, 1996.
Paul Ortiz, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Jodi L. Mandel, and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel), for respondent.
David Touger, New York, N.Y., former appellate attorney.
LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, 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 ).
BRACKEN, J.P., O'BRIEN, THOMPSON, and ALTMAN, JJ., concur.