PEOPLE v. VALERIUS


31 N.Y.2d 51 (1972)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Valerius, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Oppenheim for appellant.

Louis B. Scheinman, District Attorney, for respondent.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur.


Chief Judge FULD.

On January 20, 1969, a fire of suspicious origin damaged a building in Monticello. The defendant, a 24-year-old laborer, with a history of mental illness, was questioned by the police in a local station house and, after denying that he had been involved, agreed to a lie detector test. Taken to the State Police barracks in another city, he was closeted alone in a polygraph room with Officer J...

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