
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jamal Stephenson, Appellant.
    [777 NYS2d 673]
   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 December 16, 1996 (People v Stephenson, 234 AD2d 486 [1996]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kangs County, rendered April 3, 1995.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Prudenti, P.J., Ritter, Florio and Krausman, JJ., concur.  