Legal Opinion
People v. Patterson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 7, 1980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered December 9, 1977, convicting him of murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. The main issue on this appeal is whether defendant’s statements to the police should have been suppressed as the product of an illegal arrest. On Friday, November 19, 1976, at about 7:30 p.m., defendant went to the Neighborhood Police Unit of the Newburgh Police Department. Without identifying himself, he stated to the officer on duty, Police Officer…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. YuklNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- People v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. RosencrantsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. VilleroelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984