This court is presented with the issue of whether the unavailability of plea minutes, absent other meritorious grounds for appeal, deprives a defendant of a meaningful review of his conviction, and accordingly mandates either a summary reversal, or at the minimum, a remand for a reconstruction hearing.
At approximately 12:50 P.M. on October 8, 1979, New York City Police Officer Rocco Regina apprehended the defendant and an accomplice...
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