PEOPLE v. NIEVES


49 A.D.2d 515 (1975)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alex Nieves, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 1, 1975


The defendant was intoxicated when he committed this crime, and may have been suffering from mental depression, but the evidence gives no support to his present contention that he was so intoxicated, so psychotic, and so deficient in his command of English that he could neither comprehend the Miranda warnings nor validly waive his rights under them. While the defendant's criminal responsibility is therefore established, and a prison term justified, the imposition of...

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