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People v. Ridgeway

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 21, 1985PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*954For the reasons stated in part II of the opinion of Justice Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., the filing of the complaint and issuance of the arrest warrant in Federal court did not trigger the indelible right to counsel under New York law. The assistance of counsel becomes indispensable when a criminal action is commenced by the State against the defendant, for at that point the defendant “cannot make any arrangement with the police which is not subject to the ultimate approval of the court and there ought be no…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. People v. SamuelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. People v. SafianNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Miner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. People v. GrimingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. People v. HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. People v. VelasquezNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. LunaNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. DanaherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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