
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Christopher Pearce, Appellant.
    [929 NYS2d 500]
   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]). Covello, J.P, Eng, Chambers and Hall, JJ., concur.  