People v. Melendez
| Decision Date | 27 June 1988 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Oswaldo MELENDEZ, Appellant. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
David R. Walton, New York City, for appellant.
Elizabeth Holtzman, Dist. Atty., Brooklyn (Barbara D. Underwood, Michael Gore and Beth B. Propper, of counsel), for respondent.
Before BROWN, J.P., and KUNZEMAN, RUBIN and KOOPER, JJ.
MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hayes, J.), rendered March 21, 1984, convicting him of murder in the second degree and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
It was charged by the prosecution in this case that on or about June 20, 1983, the defendant, while visiting Frank Gonzalez in his apartment, stabbed Mr. Gonzalez at least one dozen times causing his death and that thereafter, the defendant returned to the victim's apartment with two friends and, while the defendant remained in the car, his friends stole a television and cash from the apartment. About one week after the murder, the victim's body was discovered by a police officer.
The defendant made a pretrial motion, inter alia, to suppress certain statements and a Huntley hearing was conducted. A detective testified at the hearing that an investigation revealed that the defendant's name appeared among the victim's papers and in the visitor's log book located in the apartment lobby. The defendant's brother was interviewed and provided pedigree information on the defendant and, according to the hearing testimony, a detective asked the defendant to voluntarily accompany him to the precinct. Upon the defendant's giving inconsistent pedigree information, Miranda warnings were administered to him and the defendant then made an exculpatory statement to the effect that "Poncho" had killed the victim. According to the hearing testimony, Roberto Santana, a/k/a/ Poncho, was then interviewed and inculpated the defendant on both the murder and the burglary charges. After again being read his Miranda rights, the defendant admitted that he had stabbed the victim. The defendant then made a videotaped statement to an Assistant District Attorney, after Miranda warnings were again administered, inculpating himself with respect to the murder and burglary.
During the hearing, jury selection was conducted and, at the conclusion of the hearing, the trial was commenced without a ruling as to the admissibility of the defendant's statements. During the trial, all of the statements were admitted into evidence without objection by...
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