People v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Upon finding defendant and two codefendants in the rear of the warehouse of the beer distributor that they and two others had just robbed at gunpoint during which incident numerous shots had been fired, the officer’s sole inquiry of defendant, as to how many perpetrators there were and whether they had any guns, was intended to clarify the situation and not to elicit admissions, and thus no Miranda warnings were required (People v Huffman, 41 NY2d 29). Given the volatile nature of the situation, the questioning also was justified under the public safety exception to the Miranda requirements…
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