PEOPLE v. PITTS


71 N.Y.2d 923 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Pitts, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Fine and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Paul Harnisch and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Pitts and two codefendants, Waldo and Jones, were jointly tried for crimes committed during a robbery in which two persons were fatally shot. All three defendants gave written and videotaped confessions to the police. The confessions were identical as to the nature of the crimes committed but differed...

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