PEOPLE v. LA PLACA


127 A.D.2d 610 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Peter La Placa, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 2, 1987


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The bare assertion, without support in the record, that counsel was "nearby" or "on the way" to the courthouse when the police conducted a preindictment investigatory lineup, provides no basis for the contention that the defendant's right to counsel was thereby violated. While a suspect's attorney retained on an unrelated matter may not be excluded from such lineup proceedings, the police need not affirmatively notify counsel...

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