PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


75 A.D.2d 715 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Johnson, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

April 8, 1980


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

While the initial police detention of the defendant lacked probable cause and was therefore illegal (Dunaway v New York, 442 U.S. 200; People v Misuis, 47 N.Y.2d 979), his confession was not gained through the exploitation of this illegality. Instead, he made inculpatory statements only after the police, by virtue of their having obtained...

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