Opinion
May 2, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered, to be preceded by a de novo suppression hearing on that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which is to suppress his statements to law enforcement officials. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.
The defendant's judgment of conviction must be reversed, a new trial held, and a de novo suppression hearing held with respect to the defendant's statements to law enforcement officials for the reasons set forth in the companion appeal of codefendant Neb Morrow (see, People v. Morrow, 204 A.D.2d 356 [decided herewith]).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mangano, P.J., Pizzuto, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.