PEOPLE v. GONZALEZ


30 N.Y.2d 28 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis Gonzalez, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Smith and Robert Kasanof for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (J. Mitchell Rosenberg of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur.


JASEN, J.

The sole question presented upon this appeal is whether the appellant was deprived of his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel.

Appellant and his codefendant, Efrain Rodriguez, were arrested on June 11, 1967, and subsequently charged in two indictments with the crime of murder in the first degree, the crimes of assault in the first, second and third degree, and illegal...

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