People ex rel. Williams v. Griffin

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (LaBuda, J.), entered December 14, 2012 in Sullivan County, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.

In October 1996, petitioner was sentenced upon his conviction of murder in the second degree to 25 years to life in prison. His conviction was subsequently affirmed by this Court (People v Williams, 306 AD2d 763 [2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 625 [2003]). His CPL 440.10 motion was also denied. Thereafter, petitioner brought the instant proceeding for a writ of habeas…