Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and determined to have been established.
We agree with the defendant that the Supreme Court erred in instructing the jury that the defendant's out-of-court statement could not be considered unless its voluntariness were proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendant did not contest the voluntariness of his statement, but instead adopted a trial strategy based...
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