PEOPLE v. SHANKS

No. 58.

37 N.Y.3d 244 (2021)

176 N.E.3d 682

154 N.Y.S.3d 646

2021 NY Slip Op 05450

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. BRADFORD L. SHANKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy Manley , Selkirk, for appellant.

John M. Mudd , District Attorney, Cooperstown ( Christopher James Di Donna and Michael F. Getman of counsel), for respondent.

White & Case, LLP, New York City ( Colin Ceriello , Lily [Haeurn] Kim and David Hille of counsel), Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Matthew Bova of counsel), New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae Committee ( Richard D. Willstatter of counsel), Caprice R. Jenerson , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, and Leanne G. Lapp , Chief Defenders Association of New York, for Center for Appellate Litigation and others, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The right to be represented by counsel, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, is deeply intertwined with the integrity of the process of criminal prosecution. It is an essential constitutional right; without it all other constitutional...

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