People v. Smith

opinion of the court

Duncan S. McNab, J.

Defendant Eric Smith has been charged in the above-noted indictment with two counts of murder, second degree, two counts of robbery, second degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, second degree. The instant motion, in which defendant seeks certain relief under the so-called “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine, comes before the court in a rather unusual posture. On January 6, 1982, after a pretrial Huntley hearing, this court suppressed certain statements defendant had given the police, the court finding that the statements had been…