People v. Schompert

Defendant, in a proceeding in the nature of error coram nobis to vacate a judgment of conviction, appeals from the dismissal of his petition after hearing in County Court, and the affirmance of the dismissal by the Appellate Division. The issue was the voluntariness of defendant’s confession.

Defendant had been convicted after trial of grand larceny in the second degree and burglary in the third degree. He was sentenced in 1963 to a prison term of from five to six years. The Appellate Division affirmed the conviction and leave to appeal to this court was denied. Prior to the trial there had…