People v. Mercer

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), rendered June 14, 1983, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of 8 to 16 years. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress certain statements.

Judgment modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed. As so modified, judgment affirmed, and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for resentencing.

Contrary to the…