People v. MacArthur

The Appellate Division has reversed the defendant’s conviction of felony murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, and ordered a new trial on the ground that a number of pretrial statements made by him were improperly received in evidence. Since there was ample proof to support the jury’s verdict of guilt, even without the challenged statements, and since the People acknowledge that at least some of the statements were erroneously admitted, a new trial is required and our sole task upon this appeal is to determine whether .the Appellate Division was right in directing the…