The state Court of Appeals ordered a new trial Wednesday for a man who admitted his role in a stabbing without counsel present at a meeting where police asked him to wear a wire and collect incriminating statements from another suspect.

The 5-1 court held in People v. Johnson, 218, that Raul Johnson did not waive his right to have an attorney present during an April 19, 2008, trip to police headquarters in Clarkstown, Rockland County.

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