People v. Reed

In People v. Reed (247 AD2d 900 [4th Dept 1998]) , the defendant, while under suspicion of misappropriating client funds as a social worker, made admissions during an investigatory interview. During the interview, the defendant was told that if she did not cooperate, it "would shed a certain kind of light on her in terms of what her role in this whole thing was." (Id.) In affirming the defendant's conviction for petit larceny and scheming to defraud, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department held that her admissions were not immunized. The Court reasoned that the defendant was not faced with "the Hobson's choice of either waiving her rights or facing immediate discharge if she did not." (Id.)