Legal Opinion
People v. McLane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 1, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered May 22, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of SVs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant’s motion to suppress his videotaped statement was properly denied. We see no reason to disturb the hearing court’s determination to credit the detectives’ testimony that they did not facilitate, or even know of, defendant’s consumption of alcohol before questioning him (People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761). The People met their burden of proving…
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