PEOPLE v. PATTERSON


73 A.D.2d 922 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James D. Patterson, Appellant

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

January 7, 1980


Judgment affirmed.

The main issue on this appeal is whether defendant's statements to the police should have been suppressed as the product of an illegal arrest. On Friday, November 19, 1976, at about 7:30 P.M., defendant went to the Neighborhood Police Unit of the Newburgh Police Department. Without identifying himself, he stated to the officer on duty, Police Officer Foland, that earlier that day he had seen the "Williams boys" abduct an elderly man and his car...

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