Opinion
November 13, 2000.
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 5, 1998 (People v. Smith, 254 A.D.2d 312), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 20, 1996.
Clarence Smith, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Merri T. Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Before: GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, 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).