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 16, 2001 (People v Spencer, 279 AD2d 539 [2001]), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered March 22, 1999.

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 [1983]; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Schmidt, J.P., Mastro, Florio and McCarthy, JJ., concur.