People v. Trovato
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant’s contention that two civilians, one of whom was her aunt, acted as agents of the police when they obtained statements from her in violation of her right to counsel is without merit. With respect to recordings of telephone calls made by the defendant’s aunt, the conduct of the defendant’s aunt was not “so pervaded by governmental involvement that it los[t] its character as [private conduct] and invoke [d] the full panoply of constitutional protections” (People v Ray, 65 NY2d 282, 286 [1985]). Instead, the telephone calls were made by a person acting privately, and did not “fall…
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