Judgment affirmed.
The defendant, whose right to counsel had attached, was being held in a cell at the police precinct. The police detective assigned to the case approached the defendant and inquired, "Do you know who I am?", to which the defendant responded, "It was self-defense and you know how many Colons were there?" The test used in determining whether a defendant's statement is spontaneous is whether an objective observer, with the same knowledge concerning...
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