People v. Post

Kenneth R. Post, the appellant, • was told on February 11, 1965 by his father-in-law that the police wanted him to come down to police headquarters at Hauppange, Long Island, where the authorities were conducting an investigation into the death of his six-week-old child which had occurred the day before. He did so, accompanied by his wife and two friends. Besides Post, the police requested the attendance of members of his family. At the police station Post’s parents and wife were *159seated in a hallway adjacent to the interrogation room, while the police proceeded to question him. Before the…