PEOPLE v. CARDONA


106 Misc.2d 1094 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Wilfredo Cardona, Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

June 11, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Polsky, Robert Stein and Juan Campos for defendant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Richard Girgenti and John Fried of counsel), for plaintiff.


STANLEY L. SKLAR, J.

The issue is whether a murder confession must be suppressed when the police and the District Attorney investigating the murder were unaware that the defendant had absconded from the earlier trial of an unrelated criminal matter and still had counsel representing him on the unrelated matter.

The defendant, Wilfredo Cardona, is charged with the crime of murder in the second degree. He is accused of stabbing Nelson Perez and...

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