Legal Opinion
People v. Ross
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 8, 1986PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Because Justice Court erroneously denied defendant his statutory right to the assistance of either retained or assigned counsel on the misdemeanor charge (see, CPL 170.10), his conviction of driving with a revoked or suspended license (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 511 [1]) must be reversed.
The case arises from the following facts. Early in the morning of February 16, 1984, Riverhead police officers began an investigation of a Buick automobile parked at a Getty gas station. Vehicles were not usually parked overnight at this particular station, so the officers ran a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. ArroyaveNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. WitenskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Empy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. RussoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. ClermontAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Cohens v. HessNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. ForbesWhite Plains City Court · 2002
- People v. ColemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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