PEOPLE v. WEST


41 A.D.2d 987 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leon E. West, Appellant

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

May 24, 1973


In October of 1959, defendant was sentenced by the Albany County Court as a multiple felony offender on the basis of a prior 1953 felony conviction in New Mexico. In the instant proceeding, defendant seeks to challenge the New Mexico conviction on the ground that he was not advised at any stage of the proceedings against him in that State of his right to counsel. In opposition to defendant's assertion, the District Attorney presented court records of the New Mexico court...

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