People v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Defendant also seeks to suppress a statement made by defendant to a nurse and overheard by the police. Where a statement is made in the presence of police which was not induced, provoked or encouraged by the police, it can be admitted into evidence ( People v. Harris, 57 N.Y.2d 335 , 456 N.Y.S.2d 694 , 442 N.E.2d 1205 ). The record indicates that the officer was standing by while defendant was being treated and overheard defendant's unsolicited and incriminatory statement made to the nurse. Such statement is admissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 W. Va. 843 - State v. Newcomb

2. “Thereafter defendant made statements to an ambulance worker while being treated. Defendant contends that the statements are inadmissible ... We disagree.... A private person may acquire information to be used in a criminal investigation even where police would be constitutionally restrained. Further, there is no evidence in the record from which it could be inferred that the ambulance worker was a police agent. The statements were voluntarily made and were thus admissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 W. Va. 843 - State v. Newcomb