People v. Truesdell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

On the evening of January 26, 1983, the bodies of Warren and Mary Lynch were discovered in their combined general store and residence. Both had been bludgeoned to death. The next day, defendant gave a recorded oral statement in which he described the events leading to the deaths.

In his statement, which was introduced at his trial for intentional murder, felony murder and related offenses, defendant recounted the following. After work, he and an acquaintance — Ronald Dingman — went driving in search of…