
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ricardo Topsy, Appellant.
    [717 NYS2d 891]
   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 February 8, 1999 (People v Topsy, 258 AD2d 540), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered October 6, 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., Krausman, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.  