
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christopher Simmons, Appellant.
    [680 NYS2d 863]
   —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 March 2, 1998 (People v Simmons, 248 AD2d 413), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered January 24, 1996.

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). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Miller and Krausman, JJ., concur.  