Legal Opinion
People v. Silas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 13, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant contends that his inculpatory statements made while he was in police custody should have been suppressed because he had been assigned counsel in connection with an unrelated petit larceny charge for which there was an outstanding bench warrant and he did not waive his right to counsel with his assigned counsel present. We disagree.
The police officers who interrogated the defendant testified that they had no knowledge of the pending unrelated charges and that when they asked the defendant he denied the existence of any outstanding charges. The hearing court credited the officers’…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- People v. ServidioNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. HollandNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. LopezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
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