PEOPLE v. HARRIS


72 N.Y.2d 614 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bernard Harris, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Harris appellant pro se.

Paul T. Gentile, District Attorney (Karen Swiger and Billie Manning of counsel), for respondent.

Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur with Judge SIMONS; Judge TITONE concurs in a separate opinion; Chief Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to affirm in another opinion in which Judge BELLACOSA concurs.


SIMONS, J.

Defendant has been convicted after trial of murder, second degree, for the stabbing death of his former girlfriend. The evidence against him included a statement he made in the police station approximately an hour after the police arrested him in his apartment without a warrant. Defendant contends that the statement should have been suppressed because it was obtained in violation of constitutional...

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