PEOPLE v. STOCKFORD


24 N.Y.2d 146 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Stockford, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 5, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua N. Koplovitz for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney (James J. Duggan of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI and KEATING concur with Judge BERGAN; Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs.


BERGAN, J.

Defendant was arrested in January, 1963 on a warrant and charged with sodomy, second degree, and of impairing the morals of a child. He was quesioned by the police after his arrest and before arraignment and made a confession. He was convicted in 1963 and sentenced to prison.

In a coram nobis proceeding in 1966 addressed to this judgment, the trial court held that the confession was...

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