Opinion
1998-09434.
March 14, 2006.
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 25, 2002 ( People v Toellner, 299 AD2d 567), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered September 15, 1998.
Robert Toellner, Auburn, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Spakoff and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Green Willstatter, White Plains, N.Y. (Richard D. Willstatter of counsel), former appellate counsel.
Before: Schmidt, J.P., Ritter, Goldstein and Luciano, JJ., concur.
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).