People v. Johnson

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: While the initial police detention of the defendant lacked probable cause and was therefore illegal (Dunaway v New York, 442 US 200; People v Misuis, 47 NY2d 979), his confession was not gained through the exploitation of this illegality. Instead, he made inculpatory statements only after the police, by virtue of their having obtained a statement from a codefendant which clearly implicated the defendant in these crimes, had obtained the probable cause necessary for a legal arrest (see People v Berzups, 49 NY2d 417). Since these admissions were…