PEOPLE v. FUSCHINO


59 N.Y.2d 91 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Fuschino, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Stewart Jones, Jr., and Leonard W. Krouner for appellant.

David A. Wait, District Attorney (Robert O. Wilhelm of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


JASEN, J.

We are asked to decide whether the actual knowledge of one police department that the defendant was represented on a prior unrelated criminal charge that was still pending constructively imputes such knowledge to another separate police department for the purpose of invoking the defendant's right to counsel. A subsidiary issue is whether the police acted in...

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