Opinion
1998-06445
February 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 October 23, 2000 (People v. Stephens, 276 A.D.2d 725), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 30, 1998.
Patrick Stephens, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Camille O'Hara Gillespie of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Erica Horwitz of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, 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).
PRUDENTI, P.J., KRAUSMAN, FRIEDMANN and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.