Opinion
2001-04170.
May 2, 2006.
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 December 20, 2004 ( People v. Torres, 13 AD3d 562), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 30, 2001.
Juan Torres, Ossining, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Merri Turk Lasky of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Krausman, Spolzino and Lifson, JJ., concur.
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).