PEOPLE v. HUFFMAN


41 N.Y.2d 29 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyrone Huffman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Muraskin, James J. McDonough and Eugene Murphy, Mineola, for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Robert A. Zausmer, William C. Donnino and Martin I. Saperstein of counsel), Mineola, for respondent.

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


JASEN, J.

The significant issue on this appeal is whether the extemporaneous admission of an unidentified individual, elicited by a single question from police officers conducting an on-the-scene investigation of possible criminal activity, is admissible, though the standard preinterrogation warnings were not administered until after the admission had been made.

On June 9, 1974, Long Beach Police Officers...

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