eBook details
- Title: People State New York v. Roland Chester Pitts
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 08, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
[6 N.Y.2d 288 Page 290] Defendant-appellant Pitts, convicted in 1957 of manslaughter in the first degree, appealed to the Appellate Division, Second
Department. Thereafter, from June, 1957 to September, 1958, he made in the Appellate Division, pro se, four separate motions,
which included, inter alia, motions for leave to appeal in forma pauperis and for assignment of counsel. Throughout the entire
period during which these various motions were made by Pitts there was no record available to him nor was there a record before
the Appellate Division. Each of the motions was opposed by the District Attorney upon the ground that there was no showing
of merit to the appeal. All four were denied by the Appellate Division. Finally, on September 29, 1958, on the call of the
calendar and upon an oral motion to dismiss the appeal by the District Attorney, the Appellate Division dismissed the appeal,
"no record or brief having been filed, and there being no appearance for the appellant".