People v. Williams

People v Williams (2025 NY Slip Op 02226) People v Williams 2025 NY Slip Op 02226 Decided on April 16, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on April 16, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department MARK C. DILLON, J.P. ROBERT J. MILLER LINDA CHRISTOPHER BARRY E. WARHIT, JJ. 2019-12269 (Ind. No. 674/18) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Lionel Williams, appellant. Lionel Williams, Malone, NY, appellant pro se. David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Goshen, NY (Robert H. Middlemiss of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & ORDER 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 March 15, 2023 (People v Williams, 214 AD3d 828), affirming a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered September 30, 2019. 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; People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277). DILLON, J.P., MILLER, CHRISTOPHER and WARHIT, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Clerk of the Court