People v Williams

People v Williams 2010 NY Slip Op 02381 [71 AD3d 1547] March 19, 2010 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v David C. Williams, Appellant.

—[*1]Motion for reargument granted, and upon reargument, the order of this Court entered December 31, 2009 (68 AD3d 1823 [2009]) is vacated, and the motion of defendant for a writ of error coram nobis is denied. Memorandum: Defendant has failed to establish that the representation provided by appellate counsel was constitutionally deficient. Defendant has not demonstrated that appellate counsel overlooked a clear-cut dispositive issue or the absence of any strategic or other legitimate explanation for the decision of appellate counsel not to raise the issues raised by defendant in his motion papers (see People v Borrell, 12 NY3d 365 [2009]). Present—Centra, J.P., Peradotto, Green and Gorski, JJ.