Legal Opinion
People v. Velasquez
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1986PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
There having been no State interrogation, defendant’s right to counsel was not violated where, though represented by counsel in a State court prosecution against him, he testified without counsel on behalf of a friend in a Federal prosecution against the friend on related charges.
The essential facts are undisputed. On February 8, 1983, after receiving a tip that there was an illegal alien with a gun, officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) entered a Manhattan apartment shared by defendant and Raphael Rolando Rosario. They searched the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Maine v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by32 opinions
- People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- The People v. Marcellus JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
- People v. WilhelmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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