
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Raymond Merchant, Appellant.
    [938 NYS2d 459]
   The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel (see Jones v Barnes, 463 US 745 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Angiolillo, J.E, Leventhal, Austin and Roman, JJ., concur.  