Williams v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Claimant’s decedent, Bruce Taylor, was convicted of sale of a controlled substance in 1974. After serving over five years in jail and four years on probation, Taylor successfully moved pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment of conviction on the ground of prosecutorial misconduct, i.e., the false testimony of the arresting police officer and failure to disclose the circumstances in which the informant against defendant was working with the police. Taylor then commenced this action for…