Opinion
1998-06359
Argued October 12, 1999.
March 5, 2002.
Application by the appellant for a writ of coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this court dated November 15, 1999 (People v. Rukaj, 266 A.D.2d 407), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered June 3, 1998.
Julia Pamela Heit, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Robin Lamont and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, 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).
RITTER, J.P., SANTUCCI, O'BRIEN and FRIEDMANN, JJ., concur.