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PEOPLE v. BODIE

16 N.Y.2d 275 (1965)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Floyd Bodie, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Rosen for appellant.

Robert C. Williams, District Attorney (David Cohen of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, BURKE and BERGAN concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Judge FULD dissents in an opinion in which Judge VAN VOORHIS concurs.

SCILEPPI, J.

This appeal presents us squarely with the question whether one who is in police custody and against whom an information has been filed and an arrest warrant issued may waive his right to counsel with the result that inculpatory statements thereafter made are admissible. We answer that question in the affirmative.

The defendant was convicted of selling...

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