Legal Opinion
People v. Mealer
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1982PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*217OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
A suspect whose right to counsel has attached with respect to a past crime may be subjected to questioning outside the presence of counsel by police who are investigating a new crime in progress, so long as the questioning is legitimately related to the new crime. Evidence thereby obtáined, if not otherwise violative of the suspect’s rights, may be presented to prove the suspect’s guilt of the past crime.
Just before 2:00 a.m., on March 24, 1974, defendant was involved in an altercation with Robert Davis at a Manhattan bar. Defendant felled Davis and, as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- United Steelworkers of America v. SadlowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- People v. RiveraNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- People v. BellNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
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