Legal Opinion
People v. Knapp
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 12, 1982PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
Incriminating statements made by defendant to the police after they had been informed that he had an attorney, as well as physical evidence thereafter seized from his automobile, must be suppressed as obtained in violation of his State constitutional right to counsel. The erroneous admission of this evidence cannot be regarded as harmless, nor can it be concluded on this record that the evidence was admissible on any theory of an emergency exception to the right -to counsel rule as now advanced by the dissenters.
Linda Jill Velzy, an 18-year-old student attending…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. HavelkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. SkinnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. GarofoloNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by34 opinions
- People v. WestNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. FuschinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. KromNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Ricky A. Knapp v. Arthur Leonardo, Superintendent of the Great Meadow Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- People v. WilhelmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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