PEOPLE v. HALL


46 N.Y.2d 873 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Hall, Also Known as Leroy Thomas, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Billie Manning and Alan D. Marrus of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

Two issues are tendered for our review. On the eve of the scheduled trial, at a pretrial identification hearing, assigned counsel for appellant, Louis Alperin, Esq., discovered that he had previously represented an important identification witness to be called by the prosecution, one James Gonzalez, and had been intimately involved with his family and his personal history and background, including certain...

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