People v. McNerlin

On February 9, 1961 this defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury verdict. I denied the motion to set the verdict aside on the grounds then urged and on March 24, 1961 sentenced the defendant to death, as commanded by law. The judgment of conviction was unanimously affirmed by the Court of Appeals without opinion (11 N Y 2d 738).1 An application for a writ of certiorari made to the Supreme Court of the United States upon the ground that the admission of the defendant’s confession into evidence violated the defendant’s rights under the United States Consti*341tution was…