
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Roland Smith, Appellant.
    [737 NYS2d 304]
   —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 4, 2000 (People v Smith, 278 AD2d 259), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 14, 1997.

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). Goldstein, J.P., Friedmann, H. Miller and Schmidt, JJ., concur.  