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PEOPLE v. BENNETT

29 N.Y.2d 462 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Arthur Bennett, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane A. Lebedeff and Robert Kasanof for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Andrew E. Abraham, Michael R. Juviler and Lewis R. Friedman of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.

Chief Judge FULD.

This is another of those rare cases (see, e.g., People v. Jones, 25 N.Y.2d 637, affg. 31 A.D.2d 780) in which the representation of a defendant by his assigned lawyer was so inadequate and ineffective as to deprive him of a fair trial.

The appellant, now 69 years old, was indicted, along with a codefendant...

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