People v. Coleman

The defendants were convicted, at a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law, § 160.10) and sodomy in the first degree, by "forcible compulsion” (Penal Law, § 130.50, subd 1). The incident occurred at a Bron?c housing complex in March of 1973. At that time both of the defendants were 18 years old. On this appeal they claim that (1) the evidence was legally insufficient (2) the court *504should have suppressed certain statements made by the defendants to the police, in the absence of counsel, but after an attorney had appeared and (3) their joint representation by one attorney…