Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress a videotaped statement made by him to law enforcement authorities is granted, and a new trial is ordered.
The hearing court erred in concluding that the defendant's videotaped statement was sufficiently attenuated from the taint of his prior illegal arrest (see, People v Harris,
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