Legal Opinion

People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 22, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

Application by the defendant for a writ of error coram nobis, to vacate an order of this court dated April 13, 1987 (see, People v Williams, 129 AD2d 659, lv denied 70 NY2d 706), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hutcherson, J.), rendered April 30, 1985.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The defendant asserts that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel because of the failure of assigned counsel to raise certain issues on appeal in accordance with the defendant’s instructions. However, counsel had no duty to advance frivolous arguments (see,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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