
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Grace, Appellant.
    [702 NYS2d 907]
   —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 8, 1997 (People v Grace, 245 AD2d 387), modifying a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 9, 1995.

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., Santucci, Sullivan and Luciano, JJ., concur.  