Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and the facts, that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress his statements is granted to the extent that his initial exculpatory statement is suppressed, and admission in evidence of his final videotaped confession is precluded, and the motion is otherwise denied, and a new trial is ordered; and it is further,
Ordered that the appeal from the order is dismissed as academic.
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