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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 125.

21 N.Y.3d 449 (2013)

994 N.E.2d 831

971 N.Y.S.2d 740

2013 NY Slip Op 4722

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LESTER Q. JONES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dechert LLP, New York City ( Matthew L. Mazur and Jonathan R. Streeter of counsel), and Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Grace Vee and Susan Gliner of counsel), for respondent.

Judges GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur with Judge PIGOTT; Chief Judge LIPPMAN dissents in an opinion in which Judge RIVERA concurs; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the connection between defendant's illegal arrest and his subsequent lineup identification was sufficiently attenuated as to dissipate the taint of the wrongful arrest. The Appellate Division determined that it was and, because there is record support for that conclusion, we affirm.

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