# People v. Hobson

> New York Court of Appeals · May 4, 1976 · 39 N.Y.2d 479

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5530500

## Case

- **Full name:** The People of the State of New York v. Henry Cornelius Hobson
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** May 4, 1976
- **Citations:** 39 N.Y.2d 479; 384 N.Y.S.2d 419; 348 N.E.2d 894; 1976 N.Y. LEXIS 2673
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Jasen
- **Judges:** Breitel, Gabrielli, Jasen
- **Cited by:** 425 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Declined to follow by State v. Norgaard, 201 Mont. 165 (1982).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5530500

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding constitutional prohibition against use of statements taken without notice to defense counsel, buttressing suppression and reversal with discussion of DR 7-104(A)(1) violation

## Opinion text

Jasen, J. (concurring).
Convinced as I am that the reasoning which prompted the holdings in the Robles and Lopez cases has failed to produce a stable and recognized rule, I concur in the majority opinion and particularly for the respect it accords to the doctrine of stare decisis and the limited exceptions which it would allow.

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