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THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEFENDANT’S WAIVER OF APPEAL WERE EITHER NOT EXPLAINED OR WERE WRONGLY EXPLAINED, THE WAIVER WAS INVALID, THE INITIAL COMMUNICATION BY THE POLICE OFFICER WAS NOT A LEVEL ONE DE BOUR INQUIRY, THE SWITCHBLADE DEFENDANT THREW AWAY WHEN THE COMMUNICATION WAS MADE WAS PROPERLY ADMITTED IN EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined (1) defendant’s waiver of appeal was invalid because the nature and consequences of the waiver were either not explained or were wrongly explained, and (2) the police officer’s (Conaghan’s) initial communication with defendant when the officer was sitting in a moving police vehicle was not a level one De Bour inquiry. Therefore the switchblade defendant threw away upon the officer’s communication was properly admitted in evidence:

We agree with the Supreme Court’s determination that the comment, “fellas, how you doing tonight,” constituted a greeting and not a level-one De Bour inquiry … . Conaghan testified at the suppression hearing that, when he asked the defendant and the two other males how they were doing, the window to the vehicle was already rolled down and his partner did not stop the vehicle. He also testified that he often greeted people on the street in this manner. Moreover, the credibility determinations of a court following a suppression hearing are entitled to great deference on appeal and will not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record … . A review of the record supports the court’s finding that Conaghan’s testimony was credible.

Since there was no impermissible request for information by Conaghan, the defendant’s “unprovoked and wholly voluntary” act of throwing the switchblade was not in direct and immediate response to any illegal actions by the police … . The recovery of the switchblade was not tainted by any illegality, because no illegal inquiry occurred … . People v Birch, 2019 NY Slip Op 02716, Second Dept 4-10-19

 

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