People v. Bodner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
At 5:01 p.m. on April 25, 1978 in the Auburn police station, Dwayne Bodner, a 17-year-old boy with an I.Q. of 63 and a mental age of eight or nine, signed a written confession in the presence of his father in which he admitted setting four separate fires. After a jury trial, where the confession and substantial corroborating evidence of the fires were introduced against him, Dwayne was convicted of four counts of arson, fourth degree. His appeal depends solely on whether the written confession and the testimony of the investigating police officer, Detective…
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