Opinion
1996-02544
June 30, 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 October 29, 2001 ( People v. Ortiz, 287 A.D.2d 744), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 26, 1996.
Juan Manuel Ortiz, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Jill Gross-Marks of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Winston McIntosh of counsel), former appellate counsel.
DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, THOMAS A. ADAMS, 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, FEUERSTEIN and ADAMS, JJ., concur.