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PEOPLE v. RENSING

20 N.Y.2d 936 (1967)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence Rensing, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 30, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham M. Brodsky and Myron Beldock for appellant.

Aaron E. Koota, District Attorney (Stanley M. Meyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING concur; Judge BREITEL concurs in result.

Per Curiam.

In People v. Huntley (15 N.Y.2d 72), this court explicitly held — and we adhere to that holding — that, when a defendant raises an issue as to the voluntariness of his confession, trial courts are to follow "the so-called Massachusetts procedure * * * `under which the jury passes on voluntariness only after the judge has fully and independently resolved the issue against the accused' and has...

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