People v. Lattarulo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Albert Tomei, J.

The defendant, William Lattarulo, stands charged with manslaughter in the second degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree. The court conducted an evidentiary hearing on the defendant’s Dunaway ¡Huntley/Mapp motions to suppress the statements, five oral and one audiotaped, that he made before his arrest and the physical evidence recovered in his garage and home.

At the hearing, Chief Engineer Timothy Lynch of the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), Investigator Robert Miller of the Department of Buildings Special Investigative Unit…