
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edgar Velez, Appellant.
    [714 NYS2d 237]
   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 November 22, 1999 (People v Velez, 266 AD2d 484), affirming a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County, imposed November 5, 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, J. P., Friedmann, Goldstein and Smith, JJ., concur.  