People v Grant, William
Motion No: 1995-04901
Slip Opinion No: 2019 NY Slip Op 84290(U)
Decided on November 15, 2019
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M267155

T/sl

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P.

ROBERT J. MILLER

JOSEPH J. MALTESE

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

1995-04901

The People, etc., respondent,

v William Grant, appellant.

(Ind. No. 991/94)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated November 2, 1998 (People v Grant, 255 AD2d 334), affirming a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered May 2, 1995.

Upon the papers filed in support of the application and the papers filed in opposition and in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is granted leave to serve and file a brief on the issue of whether there was error in connection with the handling of a jury note under People v O'Rama, 78 NY2d 270; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722, the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the application:

Thomas J. Butler

P.O. Box 665

Melville, NY 11747

877-847-1896

and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel shall serve and file the brief on or before January 13, 2020; and it is further,

ORDERED that the application is held in abeyance in the interim.

AUSTIN, J.P., MILLER, MALTESE and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court