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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

831/83. 7131. 7130.

164 A.D.3d 1145 (2018)

84 N.Y.S.3d 123

2018 NY Slip Op 06182

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Williams, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided September 25, 2018.

In 1984 defendant absconded during trial, and was tried and convicted in absentia. His attorney filed a notice of appeal, but defendant did nothing to perfect his appeal, which was dismissed in 1998, on the People's motion, for failure to prosecute.

Meanwhile, in 1986, defendant was convicted of serious charges in North Carolina, and he served a lengthy sentence there. Commencing in 2003, nearly 20 years after his conviction...

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