Opinion
2001-06055
October 6, 2003.
Application by 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 June 10, 2002 ( People v. Townsend, 295 A.D.2d 458), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 6, 1989.
Hobie Townsend, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Trail, and Thomas S. Berkman of counsel), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, 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).
SANTUCCI, J.P., ALTMAN, S. MILLER and McGINITY, JJ., concur.