
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Paul Ortiz, Appellant.
    [704 NYS2d 851]
   —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 12, 1998 (People v Ortiz, 246 AD2d 559), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered August 1, 1996.

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). Bracken, J. P., O’Brien, Thompson and Altman, JJ., concur.  