
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Velez, Appellant.
    [822 NYS2d 461]
   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 August 13, 2001 (People v Velez, 286 AD2d 406 [2001]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 9, 1996.

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]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Florio, J.E, Schmidt, Adams and Krausman, JJ., concur.  