People v. Agar

Defendant is charged by an indictment with the crimes of kidnapping, rape in the first degree, assault in the second degree, sodomy in the first degree, and carrying and possessing a dangerous weapon as a misdemeanor, and he now moves for an inspection of the Grand Jury minutes upon which the indictment is based.

The predicate for the motion is that since the defendant confessed to the police after he had been arrested and lodged at the police precinct, the statements made by him in the nature of admissions could not be used before the Grand Jury lacking-proof that the police officer had…