People v. Cooper

Upon the papers before us, the County Court should have held a hearing upon defendants’ application for an order in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis to determine whether defendants’ right to counsel and a fair trial was interfered with and impaired. (See, e.g., Matter of Fusco v. Moses, 304 N. Y. 424; Coplon v. United States, 191 F. 2d 749, certiorari denied 342 U. S. 926.) Accordingly, the County Court is directed to hold a hearing with respect to defendants’ specification that they were deprived of their right to counsel. Decision upon reargument of the appeal is withheld pending…