People v. Kinder
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Boomer, J.
The principal question posed by this appeal is whether, in a posttrial competency hearing, the attorney-client privilege precludes the court from compelling trial counsel to testify concerning his client’s ability to communicate with counsel and cooperate in his defense. We determine that it does not, and based in part upon the testimony of defendant’s trial counsel, we adopt the hearing court’s finding that defendant was competent to stand trial.
After hearing defendant’s appeal from a judgment convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, we reserved…
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