Opinion
1997-06239
January 13, 2003.
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 2, 2000 (People v. Portier, 276 A.D.2d 500), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered June 10, 1997.
Blair Portier, Stormville, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Karen Wigle Weiss of counsel), for respondent.
Virginia Boccio, N. Massapequa, N.Y., former appellate counsel.
Before: DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, 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).
RITTER, J.P., ALTMAN, O'BRIEN and FRIEDMANN, JJ., concur.