Opinion
July 9, 2001.
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 October 4, 1999 (People v. Leon, 265 A.D.2d 344), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 24, 1997.
Luis Leon, Napanoch, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Alyson J. Gill, and James L. Iannone of counsel), for respondent.
Russell C. Morea, Kew Gardens, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., FRED T. SANTUCCI, HOWARD MILLER, NANCY E. SMITH, 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 U.S. 745).
RITTER, J.P., SANTUCCI, H. MILLER and SMITH, JJ., concur.