People v. Peoples

Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, motion to suppress granted, and a new trial granted. Memorandum: Following the filing of a felony complaint in Lackawanna City Court charging defendant with murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree and the issuance of a warrant for his arrest, defendant surrendered to the police who then obtained two signed statements from him outside the presence of counsel. Defendant moved to suppress the admissions made in the written statements based on an inadequate waiver of his Miranda rights (Miranda u Arizona, 384 US 436). The…