PEOPLE v. SILVERMAN


3 N.Y.2d 200 (1957)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sam Silverman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Holcombe for appellant.

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (William I. Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and VAN VOORHIS, JJ., concur with BURKE, J.; DESMOND, J., concurs in result only in a separate memorandum.


BURKE, J.

The defendant seeks a writ of error coram nobis upon the ground that the judgment is a nullity as the trial court improperly assigned counsel and refused to grant counsel, of the defendant's own choosing, adequate time in which to prepare a defense. These acts constitute, defendant avers, a violation of defendant's right to due process assured by the New York State Constitution (art. I, §...

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