People v. Hamilton

The district attorney brings this interlocutory appeal from a ruling of the district court granting defendant’s motion to suppress statements made to police officers following his arrest. This ruling was grounded on the district court’s finding that the evidence presented by the district attorney failed to establish probable cause to arrest without a warrant, thus rendering the statements inadmissible under the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine of Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963).

An information charging the defendant with conspiracy with his…