People v. Arnold

TOBRINER J.

Following the death of her 13-year-old daughter, Sandra Kay Arnold, the grand jury returned an indictment charging defendant with the crime of manslaughter. A jury found defendant guilty as charged; the court granted probation on the conditions that defendant be confined in jail for a period of one year and that, in the event that any minor child in her care became ill, she should report to the probation officer and call a doctor.

For the reasons stated below we hold that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence defendant’s extrajudicial statement; the…