People v. Lockwood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSilverman, J.
Defendant appeals from his conviction on jury trial of attempt to commit the crime of robbery in the first degree.
The case presents perplexing and grave problems as to the admissibility of defendant Lockwood’s statement to the police officer, "We went down the subway, we knew we were going to rip somebody off,” under various exclusionary rules covering statements by an arrested defendant. But I think that even if the admission of that statement was error, it was harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt. (See People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 237, 242 [1975].)
Here, as in People v Sugden (35 NY2d…
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