State v. C.B.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The court properly denied appellant’s application for a pretrial hearing on the voluntariness of a confession that was ultimately admitted at trial. Sex offender management proceedings under article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law are civil rather than criminal (People v Harnett, 16 NY3d 200, 206 [2011]; see also Smith v Doe, 538 US 84, 92 [2003]; Kansas v Hendricks, 521 US 346, 361 [1997]). Therefore, the requirement of a judicial determination of voluntariness (see People v Huntley, 15 NY2d 72 [1965]) does not apply to such proceedings. Instead, appellant’s confession was admissible as a party…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- People v. HuntleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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