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PEOPLE v. LUCARANO

61 N.Y.2d 138 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William A. Lucarano, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rufus Walker, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Mullen for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (Mark D. Cohen of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

George Grun and John F. Middlemiss, Jr., for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (Donald O'Brien of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, MEYER and KAYE concur; Judge SIMONS taking no part.

WACHTLER, J.

In these two appeals, we are again called upon to determine the proper limits on the custodial questioning of a defendant in the face of knowledge by the police of defendant's prior involvement with the criminal justice system. In both cases, the police were aware of pending, unrelated matters, but were told by defendants upon inquiry that they were not...

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