People v. Carracedo

Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J., at suppression hearing; Gerald Sheindlin, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered August 10, 1990, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree, held in abeyance, and the matter remanded to the Supreme Court for a de novo combined Wade/Mapp/Huntley hearing.

The hearing court’s order banning consultation between defendant and his counsel during an overnight recess in the suppression hearing, a period when an accused would normally confer with counsel, was in violation of defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel…