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PEOPLE v. SPRUILL

47 N.Y.2d 869 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Spruill, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spiros A. Tsimbinos for appellant.

John J. Santucci, District Attorney (James Clark Quinn of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in memorandum; Judge JASEN, dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

The court erred in admitting the defendant's confession at trial. The People concededly had not given the defendant pretrial notice as required by statute (CPL 710.30) nor, in our view, did they establish "good cause" for filing a late notice. We have previously held that "[l]ack of continuity or other office failure" within...

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