PEOPLE v. RIFKIN


289 A.D.2d 262 (2001)

733 N.Y.S.2d 710

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOEL RIFKIN, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 3, 2001.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We agree with the defendant's contention that the hearing court should have suppressed the statements he made to the police and State troopers at the scene of his arrest. Although the police may ask a suspect preliminary questions at a crime scene in order to find out what is transpiring (see, People v Johnson, 59 N.Y.2d 1014; People v...

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