[DOWNLOAD] "People State New York v. Harold A. Wilkins" by Court of Appeals of New York " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Harold A. Wilkins
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 25, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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[28 N.Y.2d 53 Page 55] On October 30, 1968, defendant was convicted of the crimes of robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon. On May 1, 1969
the Legal Aid Society, which had represented him during the trial, was assigned to perfect the appeal. While preparing the
appeal, Legal Aid first discovered that the society had also been assigned to represent, in an unrelated criminal proceeding,
the complaining witness at defendant's trial. Subsequently, Legal Aid, on its own motion, was relieved of defendant's assignment
and other counsel designated to prosecute the appeal. The Appellate Division affirmed the judgment of conviction. On September
3, 1969, while his direct appeal was pending, defendant instituted this pro se motion for a writ of error coram nobis, seeking
to vacate the judgment of conviction on the ground that he was denied his constitutional right of effective counsel. Specifically,
he contends that the assignment of the Legal Aid Society to represent the complaining witness in an unrelated criminal proceeding
created a per se conflict of interest at his trial.