People v. Williams

People v Williams (2025 NY Slip Op 05705) People v Williams 2025 NY Slip Op 05705 Decided on October 15, 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 October 15, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P. LARA J. GENOVESI ROBERT J. MILLER LILLIAN WAN, JJ. 2012-07663 (Ind. No. 501/10) [*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent, v Paul Williams, appellant. Paul Williams, Ossining, NY, appellant pro se. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, and Roni C. Piplani 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 January 26, 2022 (People v Williams, 201 AD3d 969), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 25, 2012. 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). CONNOLLY, J.P., GENOVESI, MILLER and WAN, JJ., concur. ENTER: Darrell M. Joseph Clerk of the Court