
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jamel Torres, Appellant.
    [954 NYS2d 918]
   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]). Skelos, J.P., Balkin, Chambers and Miller, JJ., concur.  