Opinion
1996-08755
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 October 18, 1999 (People v. Rivera, 265 A.D.2d 509), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 30, 1996.
Elmer Rivera, Comstock, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Seth M. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., DAVID S. RITTER, FRED T. SANTUCCI, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, 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).
PRUDENTI, P.J., RITTER, SANTUCCI and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.