People v. Brooks

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered September 13, 1976, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts) and robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of defendant’s motion to suppress certain incriminating statements made by him subsequent to his arrest. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, motion to suppress statements granted, and new trial ordered. The principal issue raised on this appeal is whether defendant’s postarrest statements…