United States Second Circuit

The state court's denial of defense counsel's request during voir dire for an adjournment to consult with her client upon defendant's removal from the courtroom, and court's communication with defendant through a court officer rather than counsel, unconstitutionally deprived defendant of the assistance of counsel at a critical stage of the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2002
• Published 04/08/2002

Judges

• MINER, Circuit Judge., Before:  MINER, STRAUB, and B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sheryl Gross-Glaser, Takoma Park, MD, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sachin S. Pandya, Assistant Solicitor General, Queens County, Kew Gardens, NY (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, Michael Belohlavek, Deputy Solicitor General, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.