Opinion
1998-01982
March 24, 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 March 26, 2001 (People v. Smith, 281 A.D.2d 646), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 23, 1998.
Julius Smith, Dannemora, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and Brian J. Michels of counsel), for respondent.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, HOWARD MILLER, 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).
ALTMAN, J.P., FEUERSTEIN, KRAUSMAN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.