People v. Stephens

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was indicted for robbery and other crimes, and successfully moved to *607suppress his statement upon a determination by the hearing court that he sustained physical injury at the hands of the police, either at the time he was taken into custody or thereafter at the police station, or both. The court found that the People failed to account for the injuries, creating reasonable doubt as to the voluntariness of defendant’s statements.

Shortly after the suppression decision was rendered, defendant was indicted for four counts of first degree…