PEOPLE v. SHORTS


36 A.D.2d 835 (1971)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. George Shorts, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 12, 1971


Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and application granted.

We are of the opinion that the evidence at the hearing sufficiently demonstrates that defendant was never advised of his right to appeal and that had he been so advised he would have appealed from the judgment of conviction. Accordingly, defendant should have been granted a judgment of resentence pursuant to People v. Montgomery (24 N.Y.2d 130

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