PEOPLE v. BROOKS


83 A.D.2d 349 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leroy Brooks, Defendant-Appellant

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

November 24, 1981


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven G. Eckhaus for defendant-appellant.

Debora K. Grobman of counsel (Robert M. Pitler with her on the brief; Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, attorney), for respondent.

SULLIVAN, J. P., and ROSS, J., concur with LYNCH, J.; LUPIANO, J., would affirm on the well-reasoned opinion of LANG, J. ().


LYNCH, J.

The issue for determination was completely stated by the Justice whose order after a suppression hearing is appealed: "whether to exclude from evidence surreptitiously recorded statements of the defendant made after he had been arrested in New York, retained counsel and was released on bail. The statements were recorded when defendant telephoned an alleged accomplice who, unbeknownst to him, was acting as a police informant for the purpose of...

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