People v. Adams

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 8, 1976, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of defendant’s motion to suppress his confession. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, motion to suppress granted, and new trial ordered. The voluntariness of a confession must be shown beyond a reasonable doubt (People v Valerius, 31 NY2d 51). The " 'totality of the circumstances’ ” (see Clewis v Texas, 386 US 707, 708; People…