
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Juan Almonte, Appellant.
    [764 NYS2d 651]
   —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 January 28, 2002 (People v Almonte, 290 AD2d 559 [2002]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 5, 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]). Prudenti, P.J., Altman, S. Miller and Cozier, JJ., concur.  