
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Thomas McDonald, Appellant.
    [700 NYS2d 743]
   —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 September 23, 1996 (People v McDonald, 231 AD2d 647), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 7, 1988.

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., S. Miller, Joy and McGinity, JJ., concur.  