Legal Opinion
People v. Charles
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1991PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, defendant’s motion granted to the extent of suppressing the joint statement, and a new trial ordered.
Defendant was tried jointly with another on three drug charges arising from the possession of cocaine and marihuana. At the Huntley hearing, one of the arresting officers testified to a joint statement made by the two defendants immediately before he arrested them in the basement of an apartment house. The officer stated that "both said the [marijuana] bag was theirs and that they have been selling marijuana…
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