In re Cheikh F.
Opinion of the Court
—In a juvenile de
Ordered that the order of disposition is reversed, on the law and the facts, the fact-finding order is vacated, that branch of the appellant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress the statement made by him to the police is granted, and the petition is dismissed.
The court erred in denying the appellant’s motion to suppress an incriminating statement he gave to the police on the grounds, inter alia, that it was obtained in violation of his Miranda rights (see, People v Alexandre, 215 AD2d 488; Matter of Lloyd P., 99 AD2d 812; Matter of Carlos P., 178 Misc 2d 143). Without the statement, the evidence presented was insufficient to support the court’s findings of fact. However, because the presentment agency was entitled to rely on the court’s suppression ruling, and the possibility remains that it can present evidence sufficient to meet its evidentiary burden, the matter is remitted for a new fact-finding and dispositional hearing, if the presentment agency be so advised (see, People v Gonzalez, 80 NY2d 883; People v Perkins, 189 AD2d 830). Ritter, J. P., Krausman, Florio and Feuerstein, JJ., concur. [As amended by unpublished order entered Dec. 20, 1999.]
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