People v. Valdez

Appellant Lloyd Louis Valdez (Valdez) filed a Crim.P. 35(c) motion for post-conviction relief in the trial court, asserting that he had been denied effective assistance of appellate counsel in seeking this court’s certiorari review of a judgment of the Court of Appeals. The motion requested the trial court to “find ... that meritorious grounds for review of his conviction exist” and to “grant him an additional period of time to perfect his writ of certiorari.” The trial court denied the motion, and Valdez appealed.1 We affirm.

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On November 19, 1982, Valdez threatened to kill two prison guards…