
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Norberto Velez, Appellant.
    [686 NYS2d 317]
   —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 October 14, 1997 (People v Velez, 243 AD2d 589), affirming two judgments of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, both rendered May 24, 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). Thompson, J. P., Joy, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.  