People v. James

Memorandum: The suppression court correctly ruled that defendant’s confession was not the product of an unlawful detention. Probable cause existed for the initial arrest (see, People v Brnja, 50 NY2d 366, 372-373; People v Messam, 112 AD2d 449; People v Davidson, 110 AD2d 776) and, even assuming that such cause lessened after witnesses failed to identify defendant in a lineup and after a participant in the crime failed to implicate defendant continued interrogation of defendant on an unrelated charge was proper (see, People v Heller, 99 AD2d 787; People v Sano, 89 AD2d 666; People v Cypriano,…