PEOPLE v. NICHOLSON


11 N.Y.2d 1067 (1962)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Winfield Isaac Nicholson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Brown for appellant.

John T. Garry, II, District Attorney (Condon A. Lyons of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.


Per Curiam.

A defendant who has knowingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty may not thereafter attack the judgment of conviction entered thereon by coram nobis or other post-conviction remedy on the ground that he had been coerced into making a confession and that the existence of such coerced confession induced him to enter the plea of guilty. If a defendant desires to contest the voluntariness of his confession...

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