People v. Little

These proceedings pretrial are to *323determine (1) if certain statements made by the decedent may be received in evidence upon the trial as dying declarations and (2) if certain statements by the defendant are to be suppressed under CPL 710.20.

Trooper R. C. Dodge was wounded by gunshots on June 30, 1974 and died some 30 hours later. The defendant who was also wounded is charged with the murder of the trooper in violation of section 125.25 of the Penal Law, prior to its amendment by chapter 367 of the Laws of 1974, effective September 1, 1974.

DYING DECLARATIONS

The trooper made separate oral…