People v. Friedlander

In this appeal by permission, we again deal with the admissibility into evidence of a statement made by an accused not in the presence of retained counsel.

The facts establish that, pursuant to a duly issued and valid warrant, the business premises of a codefendant, Tele-A-Flash, Inc., and the apartment where this defendant, Friedlander, resided, were simultaneously searched on the afternoon of January 3, 1962, in connection with alleged book-making activities. A quantity of evidentiary material, documentary and otherwise, was seized.

On the same afternoon the defendant Friedlander was taken to…