
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Roberto Rivera, Appellant.
    [927 NYS2d 798]
   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]). Mastro, J.E, Rivera, Dillon and Covello, JJ., concur.  