Jemzura v. McCue

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered August 31, 1973 in Madison County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, seeking a declaration that he is authorized to appear as counsel without fee in courts not of record for defendants who may choose him to so act in their behalf. Petitioner has admittedly not been licensed to practice as an attorney and counselor at law either in Hew York or elsewhere, and this factor alone mandates an affirmance of Special Term’s decision. Interpreting the predecessor of section 478 of…