People v. Lux

Appeal by the People from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County, dated December 4, 1967, which, on defendant’s motion and after a hearing, suppressed defendant’s confession. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and motion to suppress denied. The record discloses that, prior to making his confession defendant was given the warnings mandated by Miranda v. Arizona (384 U. S. 436). The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the Judge who conducted the pretrial hearing to determine the voluntariness of the confession correctly concluded that, although defendant had waived his…