People v. Felder

Hawkins, J. (dissenting).

I dissent and vote to reverse the orders and grant the motions to vacate the judgments of conviction.

Fortunately, the unadorned common issue presented by *315these three appeals is most rare: should convictions, one after a jury trial and two by guilty pleas, be set aside upon it being established that each of the three defendants was represented by a rank impostor—a layman—one Albert Silver, who presumed to act as a duly admitted attorney, who purported to be a lawyer but, in fact, never completed law school, never passed a Bar examination and had never been admitted to…