PEOPLE v. CLAUDIO


59 N.Y.2d 556 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Angel Claudio, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert A. Gaudelli for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Joseph Fisch, Joseph J. Hester and Deborah Carlin Stevens of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JASEN, WACHTLER and SIMONS concur with Chief Judge COOKE; Judge JONES dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge MEYER concurs.


Chief Judge COOKE.

The question presented by this appeal is whether defendant's confession to police, made in a noncustodial setting before a criminal prosecution had commenced, must be suppressed as the product of the ineffective assistance of defendant's retained counsel. This court concludes that suppression of statements made at such an early stage of an investigation is not required, because defendant's...

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