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PEOPLE v. BELL

119 Misc.2d 274 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Rex Lee Bell, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County.

April 22, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Frank Hancock of counsel), for plaintiff. Caesar D. Cirigliano and Allan Brenner for defendant.

ROSE L. RUBIN, J.

I.

By statutory scheme, enacted in 1965 as article 18-B of the County Law, legal representation of indigent persons accused of crime was enlarged. In his message accompanying approval of the bill, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller wrote (McKinney's Session Laws of NY, 1965, p 2117): "In our society, the right to counsel is as indispensable as the right to a fair trial, and both must be protected if our system of justice under...

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