Opinion
1997-06716
February 6, 2002.
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 December 4, 2000, (People v. Smith, 278 A.D.2d 259), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 14, 1997.
Roland Smith, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Diane R. Eisner of counsel), for respondent.
Before: GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, HOWARD MILLER, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, 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).
GOLDSTEIN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, H. MILLER and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.