Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) George J. Aspland, District Attorney ( Selig Rosenzweig of counsel), for Leonard D. Wexler Richard T. Haefeli for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. WILLIYAN THASA, Respondent. Order affirmed in the following memorandum: The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed on the ground that there is ample support for the affirmed findings of fact that the defendant was incapable of understanding or waiving constitutional rights accorded him by Miranda (see Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436) and that the People failed to prove the voluntariness of the defendant's confession beyond a reasonable doubt (see, e.g., People v. Valerius, 31 N.Y.2d 51, 55). We pass on no other question. Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BREITEL, JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER.