Opinion
No. 1997-02287.
January 23, 2007.
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 1, 1999 ( People v Lopez, 266 AD2d 239), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 26, 1997.
Steve Lopez, Malone, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Anastasia Spanakos of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Miller, Schmidt and Krausman, 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).