People v. Williams

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered June 7, 1976, convicting him of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Defendant, arrested pursuant to an indictment, orally waived his Miranda rights and made certain statements to the arresting officers. The waiver and the statements were made in the absence of counsel. Under these circumstances, the statements should have been suppressed. Any incriminating statement *827made after…