PEOPLE v. WORTHAM

No. 63.

37 N.Y.3d 407 (2021)

180 N.E.3d 516

159 N.Y.S.3d 352

2021 NY Slip Op 06530

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TYRONE WORTHAM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Angie Louie , William B. Carney , Andrew C. Fine and Terri S. Rosenblatt of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( David M. Cohn and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

On this appeal, we are first asked to determine whether a police officer's question to defendant regarding where he lived falls within the "pedigree exception" to the Miranda requirement. We conclude that it does. We nevertheless reverse and remit because...

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