Can a defendant who is not represented by counsel be questioned by police about an unrepresented crime?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Henry, 102 N.E.3d 1056, 31 N.Y.3d 364, 78 N.Y.S.3d 275 (N.Y. 2018):
Generally, a defendant who is represented by counsel may be questioned about a different, unrepresented crime (see People v. Taylor, 27 N.Y.2d 327, 329, 318 N.Y.S.2d 1, 266 N.E.2d 630 [1971] ). However, there are two categories of cases in which police questioning on an unrepresented crime may violate a defendant's right to counsel1 : (1) where the two matters
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