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PEOPLE v. RAAB

175 Misc.2d 287 (1997)

669 N.Y.S.2d 1018

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ira J. Raab, Appellant.

Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department.

November 24, 1997

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Liotti, Garden City, for appellant. James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney of Suffolk County, Riverhead (Mary-Ellen Harkin and Joanne V. Smith of counsel), for respondent.

STARK, J. P., INGRASSIA and FLOYD, JJ., concur.

MEMORANDUM.

Judgment of conviction unanimously reversed on the law and facts and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and accusatory instrument dismissed.

Defendant was denied his fundamental right to assistance of counsel when the court below refused to grant him a brief adjournment of the trial and he was compelled to represent himself. The inconvenience that would have resulted from a brief adjournment...

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