
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Smith, Appellant.
    [689 NYS2d 661]
   —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 December 22, 1997 (People v Smith, 245 AD2d 533), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 11, 1993.

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., Bracken, Thompson and Gold-stein, JJ., concur.  