Legal Opinion

People v. Burhyte

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 15, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), rendered October 17, 1988, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree.

Defendant contends that his motion to suppress should have been granted because he was coerced into signing his confession while in a state of intoxication. However, an examination *671of the testimony presented at the suppression hearing fails to show any evidence of coercion or intoxication and any questions of credibility were properly resolved by County Court (see, People v Jackson, 101…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. People v. PardoeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. People v. BauerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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