
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Covington, Appellant.
    [742 NYS2d 571]
   —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 July 9, 2001 (People v Covington, 285 AD2d 515, Iv denied 97 NY2d 655), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 2, 1998.

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). Smith, J.P., O’Brien, Townes and Cozier, JJ., concur.  