PEOPLE v. COLLINS


38 N.Y.2d 968 (1976)

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

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Ruthizer, James J. McDonough and Matthew Muraskin for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Robert N. Zausmer and William C. Donnino of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

Order affirmed.

On the two issues whether defendant had at the time of the preinterrogation warnings indicated in some fashion a wish to have a lawyer and whether he had been beaten by the police, the record is troublesome.

Were the matter confined to the conversations between Detective Furno and defendant, the conclusions of the dissenter at the Appellate Division would be irresistible. But the...

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