Legal Opinion
People v. Sepe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 25, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Doyle, J.), rendered December 16, 1980, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
The only issue that merits discussion is defendant’s claim that his postarrest statements and confessions were invalidly obtained because the police knew or should have known at the time they questioned him that he was represented by counsel in a pending unrelated matter. The applicable rule now is that the mere fact that there are outstanding charges as to which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. HavelkaNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. LucaranoNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. ServidioNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. BeverlyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. RyansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. ZitoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. PersaudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. IngramAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986