Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reginald Thompson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-12-08
Citations: 256 A.D.2d 88
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reginald Thompson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 88–89

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reginald Thompson, Appellant.
[683 NYS2d 6]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered May 15, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of SVs to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the videotaped confession, since there was a pronounced break in the interrogation that "was occasioned by a sufficient lapse, of time and interrogation by a different" person, such that the taped statement was not tainted by the factors that led to suppression of the prior oral and written statements (People v Vientos, 164 AD2d 122, 127, affd 79 NY2d 771). The record amply supports the court's factual findings. Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach and Mazzarelli, JJ.