The People concede that the defendant was in custody when he made a second statement to the arresting officers concerning the knife used to stab the victim and its whereabouts in his apartment. Therefore it was error to deny suppression of that second statement as it was made while the defendant was in custody prior to his being given the Miranda warnings (Miranda v Arizona,
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