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People v. McCants

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1962
187 N.E.2d 17 (N.Y. 1962)

Opinion

Argued October 30, 1962

Decided December 6, 1962

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, LEO W. BREED, J.

Hayden H. Dadd for appellant.

Joseph A. Ryan, District Attorney ( Michael R. Canestrano of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Judges DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER. Chief Judge DESMOND and Judge FULD dissent and vote to reverse and to order a hearing as to the allegations of the petition which, if proven, would have established that defendant had no meaningful or actual representation by counsel.


Summaries of

People v. McCants

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1962
187 N.E.2d 17 (N.Y. 1962)
Case details for

People v. McCants

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES McCANTS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 6, 1962

Citations

187 N.E.2d 17 (N.Y. 1962)
187 N.E.2d 17
235 N.Y.S.2d 833

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