Opinion
1998-04892
December 3, 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 April 10, 2000 (People v. Avila, 271 A.D.2d 541), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 30, 1998
John Avila, a/k/a Juan Gomez, Attica, 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: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY, NANCY E. SMITH, 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).
O'BRIEN, J.P., ALTMAN, FRIEDMANN, McGINITY and SMITH, JJ., concur.