Root v. Kapelman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
In this article 78 proceeding petitioners seek, inter alia, to prohibit the sentencing in absentia of Efrain Tantao, a defen*133dant in a pending criminal proceeding, who apparently absconded almost five years ago, and alternatively, to prohibit the sentencing court from ordering any attorney from the Legal Aid Society to represent Tantao at such sentencing proceeding.
On February 27, 1974, Tantao, represented by an attorney of the Legal Aid Society, entered a plea of guilty in Supreme Court, Bronx County, to criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third…
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