ALBANY – A woman’s right to counsel was violated when Nassau County officers failed to inform her that her lawyer had called police headquarters with orders not to question or test her for drunken driving, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

In People v. Washington, 65, the 4-3 court upheld the suppression of blood-alcohol test results to Jonai Washington about 90 minutes after police said she struck and killed a pedestrian in Hempstead early in the morning of Aug. 30, 2010.