People v. Taylor

OPINION OF THE COURT

Smith, J.

Defendant was convicted of murder growing out of a shootout between rival gangs on August 8, 1985 near Walton Avenue and 169th Street in Bronx County, New York City. A *203bullet struck a seven-year-old girl who was apparently sitting on a fire escape and she died. Defendant was apprehended by Houston, Texas, police on April 9, 1986, following a communication from New York City police.

The sole issue on appeal is the voluntariness of a statement made by the defendant to Sergeant Steve Jett of the Houston police. Sergeant Jett’s testimony, at the Huntley hearing and at…