Opinion
1998-04209
August 11, 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 November 6, 2000 ( People v. Tavarez, 277 A.D.2d 260), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered April 6, 1998.
Teofilo Tavarez, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Edward D. Saslaw of counsel), for respondent.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., DAVID S. RITTER, SONDRA MILLER, 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).
PRUDENTI, P.J., RITTER, S. MILLER and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.