People v. Pitts

Chief Judge Conway.

Defendant-appellant Pitts, convicted in 1957 of manslaughter in the first degree, appealed to the Appellate Division, Second Department. Thereafter, from June, 1957 to September, 1958, he made in the Appellate Division, pro se, four separate motions, which included, inter alia, motions for leave to appeal in forma pauperis and for assignment of counsel. Throughout the entire period during which these various motions were made by Pitts there was no record available to him nor was there a record before the Appellate Division. Each of the motions was opposed by the District…