Opinion
1998-10943
September 8, 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 January 14, 2002 ( People v. Saunders, 290 A.D.2d 461), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered December 2, 1998.
Robert Saunders, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Francis D. Phillips II, District Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, BARRY A. COZIER, 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., S. MILLER, FRIEDMANN and COZIER, JJ., concur.