State v. Paul R. Santamaria

The defendant, Paul R. Santamaria, appeals an order of the Superior Court (MacLeod, J.) dismissing his petition for a writ of coram nobis. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. On June 10, 1998, the defendant was convicted of first degree assault. His trial counsel filed a motion to set aside the verdict, which the court denied. Subsequently, the court sentenced the defendant to incarceration for twelve months. The defendant’s trial counsel withdrew from the case and, through appellate counsel, the defendant appealed to this court, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence at…