People v. Shanks

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 58 The People &c., Respondent, v. Bradford L. Shanks, Appellant. Kathy Manley, for appellant. James Di Donna, for respondent. Center for Appellate Litigation, et al., amici curiae. FAHEY, J.: The right to be represented by counsel, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, is deeply intertwined with the integrity of the process of criminal prosecution. It is an essential constitutional right; without it all other…