People v. Passante

Defendant urges in this coram nobis motion that he had no attorney representing him in 1929, at the time when he had changed his plea of not guilty to that of guilty in answer to the charge of robbery in the second degree, nor did he have one representing him when he was thereafter sentenced.

Fraud is not involved in this motion. (See People v. Milo, 4 A D 2d 679, motion for rearg. denied 5 A D 2d 770.)

Defendant concedes having had assistance of counsel at the arraignment. Arraignment is, therefore, eliminated from problematic consideration, so far as representation by counsel as an issue is…