Legal Opinion
People v. West
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1993PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
A defendant’s State constitutional right to counsel "indelibly attaches” upon actual representation in a criminal matter. *372The question before us on this appeal — where defendant’s right to counsel unquestionably attached by virtue of counsel’s representation of him in the matter at issue — is what indelible attachment means in those circumstances.
Defendant, along with twin brothers Michael and Mark Davenport, was part of a drug operation based in a house on West 116th Street in Manhattan. On February 15, 1982, a fight broke out in front of the house during…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. HobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. SettlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. SamuelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by144 opinions
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