People v. Biondo

— Appeal by defendants from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, both rendered April 29, 1976 (one as to each of them), convicting them of burglary in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgments reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Defendants were indicted in connection with the unlawful taking of jewelry from the Long Island Diamond and Jewelry Exchange in Huntington, New York, on April 18, 1975. At trial, the defendants were represented by the same attorney. It appears from the record that the Trial Judge failed to inquire whether the…