Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Reade, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-06-09
Citations: 29 N.Y.2d 493
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Reade, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 29
Pages: 493–494

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Reade, Appellant.
Argued February 18, 1971;
decided June 9, 1971.
Peter P. McN. Oates and Milton Adler for appellant.
John M. Braisted, Jr., District Attorney (Norman C. Morse of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered in the following memorandum: The failure of the trial court to assist the defendant, who was defending pro se, in producing at the trial the person to whom the defendant initially confessed, was, as the District Attorney most commendably acknowledges, error justifying reversal (People v. Wells, 272 N. Y. 215).
Concur: Chief Judge Full and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel, Jasen and Gibson.