People v. Morgan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard C. Giardino, J.

The defendant has moved this court for an order “precluding any state actor from assigning, encouraging, or permitting an inmate snitch * * * to exact a statement, confession and/or *552admission from [defendant] about this case, without prior notice to defense counsel and an opportunity for counsel to [be] present.”

Defendant cites to the various rights guaranteed him under the United States Constitution and its Amendments, as well as the New York Constitution and the Civil Rights Law. Defendant argues once the right to counsel has attached, a defendant…