The People v. Raul Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Smith, J.

Here, as in People v McLean (24 NY3d 125 [2014]), we consider a case in which a defendant, charged with one crime, sought to obtain leniency by providing information about a second, unrelated crime. Here, as in McLean, defendant was ultimately charged with committing the second crime, and the People offered in evidence statements defendant made to the police when the lawyer who represented him in the first case was not present.

In McLean, the first case was over when defendant was questioned, and the lawyer who had handled that case told the police that the…