
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Wilfredo Melendez, Appellant.
    [727 NYS2d 623]
   —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 October 4, 1999 (People v Melendez, 265 AD2d 346), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 10, 1997.

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). Bracken, P. J., Altman, S. Miller and McGinity, JJ., concur.  