
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William R. Piper, Appellant.
    [696 NYS2d 419]
   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 September 29, 1997 (People v Piper, 242 AD2d 744), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered June 2, 1994.

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). Mangano, P. J., Santucci, Altman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.  