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People v. Wooden

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 8, 1973
294 N.E.2d 658 (N.Y. 1973)

Opinion

Submitted January 22, 1973

Decided February 8, 1973


Motion to further amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended to read as follows: Upon the appeal herein there were presented and necessarily passed upon questions under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Defendant argued that the admission in evidence of his statements to police officers subsequent to his indictment, in the absence of counsel and without an effective waiver, violated his rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments; that he was deprived of his right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment by the testimony of witnesses Guido and Banks concerning incriminating, out-of-court statements made to them by accomplices Smith and Hill, notwithstanding the court's instructions to the jury to disregard such testimony; that the trial court's failure (1) to afford him effective assistance of counsel, compelling him to waive his right to a trial attorney and to prosecute his case pro se and (2) to grant him adequate time to prepare his defense, as well as the failure of both trial court and District Attorney to disclose to the jury facts relating to the credibility of two prosecution witnesses, deprived him of his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. This court considered these contentions and held that there was no violation of defendant's constitutional rights.


Summaries of

People v. Wooden

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Feb 8, 1973
294 N.E.2d 658 (N.Y. 1973)
Case details for

People v. Wooden

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM WOODEN…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 8, 1973

Citations

294 N.E.2d 658 (N.Y. 1973)
294 N.E.2d 658
341 N.Y.S.2d 899