People of State of New York v. Cherry

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Haft, J., at suppression hearing, jury trial and sentence), rendered on January 13, *1861988, convicting defendant of manslaughter in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.15) and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from IVz to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was taken into custody after the detective investigating the murder became aware that defendant would be arraigned on an unrelated matter. The detective informed the court, the Legal Aid attorney and the Assistant District…