People v. LaClere

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bellacosa, J.

Defendant was identified at an investigatory lineup conducted in the absence of his counsel, and he was eventually convicted of attempted murder after a jury trial at which lineup identification evidence was admitted. He had been arrested following a court appearance with counsel on an unrelated matter. The attorney promptly asked the presiding Judge to advise the arresting officers that he also represented *672defendant on the matter for which he was then being arrested, and that the police should not take any statements from his client unless counsel was…