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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

228 A.D.2d 709 (1996)

646 N.Y.S.2d 131

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Troy Wright, Appellant

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

June 24, 1996

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

"[T]he law is clear that the indelible and nonwaivable right to counsel arises only after an accusatory instrument has been filed, as this is the means by which a criminal action is formally commenced" (People v Horn, 161 A.D.2d 603, 604; see, CPL 1.20 [1], [8], [17]; People v Samuels, 49 N.Y.2d 218). Moreover, it is the filing and not...

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