Judgments reversed, on the law, and case remitted to the County Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The defendants, who are brothers, were charged with assault in the second degree as a result of a fight which occurred in the early morning of July 5, 1980, outside a Seven-Eleven store. Under the facts of this case the defendants were not accorded meaningful legal representation by trial counsel. Defense counsel failed to move for a severance...
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