PEOPLE v. LABREE


34 N.Y.2d 257 (1974)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nathaniel Labree, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Mendelsohn and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Richard D. Carruthers of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur.


GABRIELLI, J.

The case before us for decision presents yet another of those situations wherein the defendant stoutly maintains that his Sixth Amendment right to representation by counsel was violated because his assigned lawyer was so inadequate and ineffective as to deprive him of a fair trial. Such a claim is often advanced following a protracted period of imprisonment during which the convicted person develops...

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