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People v. Rivera

16 N.Y.2d 879 Court N.Y. Decision date 1965-09-30 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis Rivera, Appellant.
Submitted September 20, 1965;
decided September 30, 1965.

Motion for reargument denied. Retroactive application is not to be accorded this court’s holding in People v. Donovan ( 13 N Y 2d 148 ) (see, also, People v. Failla, 14 N Y 2d 178 ; People v. Gunner, 15 N Y 2d 226 ; People v. Sanchez, 15 N Y 2d 387 ) that a defendant’s inculpatory statement is inadmissible when made to the police or other law enforcement officers during a period of detention after his attorney had requested and been denied access to him. (See, e.g., People v. Howard, 12 N Y 2d 65 ; see, also, People v. Muller, 11 N Y 2d 154 ; Linkletter v. Walker, 381 U. S. 618 .) [See 300 N. Y. 594 .]

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