People v. Adams

Chief Judge Desmond.

Again (see People v. Hill, 8 N Y 2d 935, and People v. Hairston, 10 N Y 2d 92) we inquire as to the rights and remedies of a criminal case defendant who alleges that, through his own ignorance or because of his attorney’s failure to follow through on an appeal, he was in practical effect denied access to the appellate court.

Appellant, now in prison serving a 20 year to life sentence imposed on him in Kings County Court in May, 1950 after a verdict of guilty of second degree murder, is apj)ealing here (by leave of one of our Judges) from an Appellate Division, Second…