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PEOPLE v. BELL

48 N.Y.2d 933 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Bell, Jr., and Thewarthur Pritchett, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender, for William Bell, Jr., appellant.

Leslie A. Bradshaw for Thewarthur Pritchett, appellant.

Lawrence T. Kurlander, District Attorney (Stephen M. Brent of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The orders of the Appellate Division affirming the convictions of defendants Bell and Pritchett should be reversed and the cases remitted for new trial.

There can be no question on review of the record that defendant Pritchett did not have effective assistance of counsel, within the meaning of our holdings in People v Brown (45 N.Y.2d 852) and People v Droz...

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