Opinion
No. 1998-02524.
July 12, 2011.
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 February 26, 2001 ( People v Sykes, 280 AD2d 689), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered March 5, 1998.
Mellsun Sykes, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, and David Korngold of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Rivera, Skelos and Florio, 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 US 745; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277).