Opinion
December 20, 1999
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 September 23, 1996 (People v. McDonald, 231 A.D.2d 647 ), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 7, 1988.
Thomas McDonald, Wallkill, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Roseann B. MacKechnie and Ann Bordley of counsel), for respondent.
GUY JAMES MANGANO, P.J., SONDRA MILLER, DANIEL W. JOY, 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 ).
MANGANO, P.J., S. MILLER, JOY, and McGINITY, JJ., concur.