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PEOPLE v. SILVERS

68 N.Y.2d 957 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Silvers, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia R. Finn and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Jeffrey Scott Sarokin and Amyjane Rettew of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur in memorandum.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the conviction vacated, and a new trial ordered.

The People concede that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to represent himself on the ground that he was not sufficiently versed in the law to do so (see, People v McIntyre, 36 N.Y.2d 10). The People's alternative argument that...

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