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People v. Hobson

Citations

  • 39 N.Y.2d 479
  • 348 N.E.2d 894
  • 384 N.Y.S.2d 419
  • 1976 N.Y. LEXIS 2673

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding constitutional prohibition against use of statements taken without notice to defense counsel, buttressing suppression and reversal with discussion of DR 7-104(A)(1) violation
  • discussing right to counsel rule “grounded in this State's constitutional and statutory guarantees”
  • civil case; exclusion of evidence is not proper remedy for a violation of DR 7-104(A)(1) absent infringement of constitutional rights
  • once attorney enters proceeding, police may not question defendant in absence of counsel without affirmative waiver of right to counsel, made in presence of an attorney
  • “once counsel enters the proceedings”, state constitution permits waiver only in the presence of counsel.
  • civil case; exclusion of evidence is not proper remedy for a violation of DR 7-104(A)(l) absent infringement of constitutional rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Breitel, Gabrielli, Jasen

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397 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

54 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named People v. Hobson

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