People v. Marin

In People v. Marin, 215 AD2d 267 (2nd Dep't 1995) the defendant was arrested for slashing a victim with a razor. Three and a half months earlier, the defendant was arrested for attempted assault and harassment of the same victim at the same location. Id. The defendant was charged and actually represented by counsel on the attempted assault charge at the time of his arrest for the slashing. Id. Despite those facts. The Court held that the two matters were not related for the purposes of "assuming continuing representation by counsel." Id. at 268. Although the cases had common elements, the Court held that " similarity" does not satisfy the test of relatedness.'" Id.