PEOPLE v. TOWNSEND


33 N.Y.2d 37 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Townsend, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Cooper for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (William I. Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Judges BURKE, BREITEL, JASON, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur.


Chief Judge FULD.

On September 29, 1967, Marcos Morales was stabbed to death and robbed in the vicinity of Malta Street in Brooklyn. Tried and convicted of the crime was the defendant, Steven Townsend, at the time a 17-year-old high school student living at home with his parents. The question on this appeal is whether a new trial must be ordered on the ground that his written confession to the police was obtained...

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