New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York v. William Bell, Jr., and Thewarthur Pritchett

December 13, 197948 N.Y.2d 933

Summary

The Court reversed the Appellate Division’s affirmances and remanded for new trials, holding that Pritchett received ineffective assistance of counsel, that Bell was improperly denied an accomplice instruction, and that the errors were not harmless.