The Special Term's opinion referred also to a newspaper article which was produced by the District Attorney, which the court quite properly did not consider to be documentary evidence. It must be held, contrary to respondent's contentions, (1) that if there was ever doubt as to a defendant's right to counsel "in every stage of the proceedings" (Code Crim. Pro., § 308), it was resolved by the decision in Gideon v. Wainwright ...
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