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People v. Roberts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 27, 1981
81 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

Opinion

April 27, 1981


Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered January 5, 1979, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and plea vacated; the denial of defendant's motion to suppress is vacated and the "motion [is] restored to pending status in order that the issue of [the] legality" of his detention, if any, can be fully explored (see People v Misuis, 47 N.Y.2d 979, 981; Dunaway v New York, 442 U.S. 200). The instant appeal is governed, as the People concede, by this court's prior disposition of appeals by appellant's codefendants in People v Specks ( 77 A.D.2d 669) and People v King ( 79 A.D.2d 1033). Therefore a new suppression hearing is mandated. Hopkins, J.P., Mangano, Rabin and Weinstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Roberts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 27, 1981
81 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)
Case details for

People v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD L. ROBERTS…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 27, 1981

Citations

81 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)