Legal Opinion

People v. Zapata

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 5, 2001Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the de*501fendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), rendered May 20, 1998, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress statements he made to law enforcement authorities.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

All of the statements made by the defendant before he was advised of and knowingly waived his Miranda rights (see, Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436) were made in a non-custodial…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. People v. LovetteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. People v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  4. People v. SteedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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