PEOPLE v. HENDRICKS


308 N.Y. 486 (1955)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Woodrow Hendricks, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 26, 1955


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Cox O'Brien and Thomas F. Burke, Jr., for appellant.

Russell G. Hunt, District Attorney (James W. Dolan of counsel), for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DYE, FULD and BURKE, JJ., concur with VAN VOORHIS, J.; DESMOND, J., dissents in an opinion in which FROESSEL, J., concurs.


VAN VOORHIS, J.

This is an appeal from the order of the Appellate Division, Third Department, which unanimously affirmed the order of the Albany County Court denying defendant's motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis.

The basis for defendant's contention is that he was not represented by counsel when he pleaded guilty, as a second offender, to the crime of robbery in the first degree...

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