People v. Iannaccone

OPINION OF THE COURT

Patrick W. McGinley, J.

The defendant, indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree, moves to suppress two tape recorded conversations between himself and Michael Piri on the grounds that Piri’s consent to the making and recording of the calls was coerced and that the recordings were obtained in violation of the defendant’s right to counsel.

This case presents the latest nuance in the continuing line of right-to-counsel cases, i.e., where the police deliberately elicit incriminating statements from a suspect, in a noncustodial status, via telephone from a…