Legal Opinion
People v. Knowles
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1996PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
At the defendant’s trial for the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance, the trial court refused to permit a second attorney assigned by Legal Aid to the defense to cross-examine a witness or to sit at the defense table. Because nothing on the record suggests that the presence of the second attorney, with whom defendant had established an attorney-client relationship, would have jeopardized the efficiency or fairness of the trial, we conclude that her complete exclusion from the proceedings constituted an abuse of discretion requiring reversal and a new…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. GombergNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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- People v. IannelliNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. HallNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. HilliardNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by38 opinions
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