Legal Opinion
People v. Byrd
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 30, 2008PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The court acted properly, and in any event did not cause defendant any prejudice, when, after defendant’s trial counsel declined to represent him at the SORA hearing, it appointed, with defendant’s consent, a competent attorney from the County Law article 18-B panel to do so rather than appointing the Legal Aid Society, which was representing defendant on a pending CPL article 440 motion. At no point during the SORA hearing did defendant or his newly assigned counsel object that the attorney with the Legal Aid Society should represent defendant or that the court should have contacted that…
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- Rothstein v. City University of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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