
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Robert Saunders, Appellant.
    [790 NYS2d 392]
   — 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 June 23, 2003 (People v Saunders, 306 AD2d 502 [2003]), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 14, 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]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). H. Miller, J.P., S. Miller, Ritter and Goldstein, JJ., concur.  