People v. Hall

*874OPINION OF THE COURT

Two issues are tendered for our review. On the eve of the scheduled trial, at a pretrial identification hearing, assigned counsel for appellant, Louis Alperin, Esq., discovered that he had previously represented an important identification witness to be called by the prosecution, one James Gonzalez, and had been intimately involved with his family and his personal history and background, including certain things which might prove embarrassing to the witness. After his becoming aware of the identity of defense counsel, Gonzalez backed away from identification of defendant.*…