
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lawrence C. Hodges, Appellant.
    [696 NYS2d 698]
   —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 January 19, 1999 (People v Hodges, 257 AD2d 630), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 17, 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). Santucci, J. P., Altman, Friedmann and McGinity, JJ., concur.  