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PEOPLE v. JONES

47 N.Y.2d 528 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Dave R. Jones, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Shulamit Rosenblum and William C. Donnino of counsel), for appellant.

Howard B. Comet, Matthew Muraskin and Michael J. Obus for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to reverse for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice FRANK D. O'CONNOR at the Appellate Division (, 269-272).

WACHTLER, J.

The question on this appeal concerns the admissibility of a confession obtained without Miranda1 warnings by private store detectives who took the defendant into custody, with assistance from county police officers, and questioned him in the store's security office while the police officers waited outside. The County Court held the statement was admissible and...

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