Legal Opinion
People v. Wardlaw
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 2006PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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R.S. Smith, J.
People v Slaughter (78 NY2d 485 [1991]) and People v Carracedo (89 NY2d 1059 [1997]) establish that a violation of a defendant’s right to counsel at a suppression hearing ordinarily entitles the defendant to a new suppression hearing, but not to automatic reversal of his conviction and a new trial. We now consider a case in which it is clear, beyond reasonable doubt, that the outcome of the suppression hearing at which the right to counsel was violated could not have affected the outcome of the trial. We hold that, under these circumstances, the error was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. SawyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. FelderNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. SlaughterNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
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3Cited by43 opinions
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