PEOPLE v. OTERO


127 Misc.2d 628 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Mervin Otero, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Kings County.

February 7, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Holtzman, District Attorney (Joel Cohen of counsel), for plaintiff. Bernard Udell for defendant.


RENA K. UVILLER, J.

The New York Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit are in irreconcilable conflict over the issue presented here: Whether the right to counsel of a defendant indicted for murder is violated by a police-arranged taping of his attempt to bribe a witness, thereby precluding the use of the tape against him in the murder trial as evidence of his consciousness of guilt. (Compare, People v...

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