People v. Gonzalez

Weinstein, J.,

dissents and votes to affirm the judgment, with the following memorandum. In my view, the defendant’s confession was made under circumstances completely consistent with the applicable law. After the defendant spoke with the son of his primary trial counsel, but before he made the highly inculpatory admission at issue, Patrolman Lambert was told by counsel’s son “if [the defendant] wants to answer your questions, fine”. Since the defendant plainly indicated that the son of his primary trial counsel, whom defendant referred to as “my attorney”, also represented him at times, the…