Legal Opinion
People v. Claudio
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1983PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
The question presented by this appeal is whether defendant’s confession to police, made in a noncustodial setting before a criminal prosecution had commenced, must be suppressed as the product of the ineffective assistance of defendant’s retained counsel. This court concludes that suppression of statements made at such an early stage of an investigation is not required, because defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel had not yet attached.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Angel Claudio v. Charles Scully, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- People v. ClaudioNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. ShawNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- People v. ClaudioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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