People v. Rivers

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1982-06-23

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OPINION OF THE COURT Wachtler, J. The primary question on this appeal concerns the admissibility of a statement made by the defendant in the *478 absence of counsel after his arrest on a warrant and after he had requested and obtained a brief response from the arresting officer as to why he was being charged with the same offense as his companions.…

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