People v. Dunn

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted of the first degree manslaughter and aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree of a fellow inmate at Rockland Psychiatric Center. Following the assault, he was seized by hospital personnel and transferred to the custody of the State Police. While under guard of a hospital security officer — and, as the lower court found, without any conduct on the part of the officer that was likely to elicit a statement — defendant made certain inculpatory statements that the hearing court ruled…