People v. Morton

—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, motion granted, and new trial granted. Memorandum: County Court, after a hearing, suppressed oral statements made by defendant to police prior to administration of Miranda warnings, but denied defendant’s motion to suppress oral and written statements made after the warnings were given. Custodial interrogation of defendant was continuous, punctuated only by administration of the warnings. Because there was no pronounced break between the pre- and post-Miranda statements, the court erred in failing to suppress all of the statements given by defendant…