People v. Ward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree, following a jury trial, and imposing sentence. The issue is whether the People met their burden of establishing that a statement elicited from him was voluntarily *352made and the product of a knowing and intelligent waiver of constitutional rights. We hold that they did not.
Acting in response to a radio run distress call, Police Officer Leon Clark proceeded to the intersection of 109th Avenue and Farmers Boulevard in Queens where he observed the…
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