
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Blair Portier, Appellant.
    [753 NYS2d 388]
   —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 2, 2000 (People v Portier, 276 AD2d 500), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered June 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). Ritter, J.P., Altman, O’Brien and Friedmann, JJ., concur.  