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PEOPLE v. SAWYER

57 N.Y.2d 12 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Robert E. Sawyer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Ward, District Attorney for appellant.

Charles Edward Fagan for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES and MEYER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judges GABRIELLI and WACHTLER concur.

FUCHSBERG, J.

Once again we face sensitive questions associated with an indigent defendant's pro se representation in a criminal case.

After trial by jury, defendant, Robert Earl Sawyer, was convicted, and thereafter sentenced to an indeterminate term of 25 years to life imprisonment on two counts of murder arising out of the fatal shooting of a grocery clerk in Stow, Chautauqua County. Upon arraignment...

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