PEOPLE v. DEAN


47 N.Y.2d 967 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Dean, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ira Asen for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Leonard G. Kamlet and Steven R. Kartagener of counsel), for respondent.

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


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the plea vacated, and the motion to suppress granted.

In response to a series of questions posed by an Assistant District Attorney, defendant, while in police custody, refused to make a statement to the authorities without the assistance of an attorney. On the conceded facts, it must be held as a matter of law that defendant requested the assistance...

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