People v. Kulis

The record adequately supports the judgment convicting defendant of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law, § 1050, subd. 2). Before defendant was arrested or subjected to any restraint by police, he made admissions and exhibited physical circumstances in his apartment which tended to connect him with the crime.

At this stage of the investigation, the police were asking residents generally in the house in which the victim’s body was found their knowledge of facts which might throw some light on the crime.

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