Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
After a hearing, the Supreme Court determined that the police lacked probable cause to arrest the defendant, and therefore suppressed his subsequent statements to the police as the fruit of an unlawful arrest. The People appeal, and we affirm.
We reject the People's contention that the hearing court violated the doctrine of law of the case (see, People v Evans,
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