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PEOPLE v. PITTS

6 N.Y.2d 288 (1959)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roland Chester Pitts, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard V. Burke for appellant.

Frank D. O'Connor, District Attorney (Benj. J. Jacobson of counsel), for respondent.

Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

Chief Judge CONWAY.

Defendant-appellant Pitts, convicted in 1957 of manslaughter in the first degree, appealed to the Appellate Division, Second Department. Thereafter, from June, 1957 to September, 1958, he made in the Appellate Division, pro se, four separate motions, which included, inter alia, motions for leave to appeal in forma pauperis and for assignment of counsel. Throughout the entire...

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