People v. Lucas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Insofar as appealed from by defendant, the order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the statements made by defendant on the airplane and' the physical evidence seized in the motel room suppressed and the case remitted for further proceedings on the indictment. The cross appeal taken by the People should be dismissed.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, kidnapping in the first' degree and robbery in the first degree. The Appellate Division modified the judgment, on the law and the facts, by dismissing the…