Opinion
December 19, 2000.
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 15, 1999 (People v. Washington, 266 A.D.2d 412), modifying a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered February 27, 1998.
Patrick C. Washington, Alden, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Bruce E. Whitney of counsel), for respondent.
Marianne T. Byrne, Brooklyn, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, 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).