PEOPLE v. RIDGEWAY


101 A.D.2d 555 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ethel Mae Ridgeway, Appellant

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

May 25, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose H. Sconiers (Richard Weisbeck of counsel), for appellant.

Richard J. Arcara, District Attorney (Barbara Eberl of counsel), for respondent.

DENMAN and MOULE, JJ., concur with HANCOCK, JR., J. P.; DOERR and GREEN, JJ., dissent and vote to reverse the judgment, grant a new trial and suppress the confession in a separate opinion by GREEN, J.


HANCOCK, JR., J. P.

Defendant seeks reversal of her conviction for felony murder upon, among others, the following grounds: (1) that her confession was inadmissible because given after her critical stage right to counsel had attached by virtue of the issuance of a Federal arrest warrant; (2) that her confession was involuntary and obtained in violation of her Miranda rights; and (3) that the introduction...

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