People v. Adames

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J., at suppression motion; Daniel R Fitzgerald, J., at jury trial and sentencing), rendered June 24, 2011, convicting de fendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of eight years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The primary issue addressed on this appeal concerns whether defendant’s written and videotaped statements should have been suppressed. For the reasons stated below, we find the People failed to establish a knowing and intelligent…