
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Patrick Austin, Appellant.
    [901 NYS2d 537]
   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 May 6, 2002 (People v Austin, 294 AD2d 372 [2002]), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered March 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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Mastro, J.P., Rivera, Skelos and Santucci, JJ., concur.  