
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Clarence Smith, Appellant.
    [696 NYS2d 693]
   —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 5, 1998 (People v Smith, 254 AD2d 312), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 20, 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). Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Thompson and Altman, JJ., concur.  