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People v. Swanton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 28, 1985
107 A.D.2d 829 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

Opinion

January 28, 1985

Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Rohl, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

In this case the defendant made three statements to the police, two of which were given to the arresting officer and one of which was given to an investigating detective. Although the People failed, within 15 days after defendant's arraignment as required by CPL 710.30 (subd 2), to provide him with notice of the two statements he had made to the arresting officer, exclusion of those statements is not required under the circumstances at bar. There is no evidence that this late notice prevented defense counsel from adequately preparing to challenge the admissibility of the statements at the Huntley hearing, after which the suppression motion was denied and the statements were ruled to be admissible (see CPL 710.30, subd 3; People v. Brown, 92 A.D.2d 939; People v. Brown, 83 A.D.2d 699; People v. Anderson, 80 A.D.2d 33; People v. Weeks, 123 Misc.2d 540; People v. Merced, 119 Misc.2d 238). We see no reason to disturb the findings of the Judge who presided at the suppression hearing that all three of the statements that defendant gave to the law enforcement authorities were made voluntarily after he knowingly and intelligently waived his constitutional rights to counsel and to remain silent (see People v. Armstead, 98 A.D.2d 726). There was no direct evidence that defendant was under the influence of drugs at the time he made the statements, nor did his mental state prevent him from comprehending the Miranda warnings, knowingly and intelligently waiving the constitutional rights set forth therein, and making voluntary and reliable statements (see People v Schompert, 19 N.Y.2d 300, cert den 389 U.S. 874; People v. Woods, 89 A.D.2d 1022). Titone, J.P., Mangano, Weinstein and Brown, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Swanton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 28, 1985
107 A.D.2d 829 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)
Case details for

People v. Swanton

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE SWANTON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 28, 1985

Citations

107 A.D.2d 829 (N.Y. App. Div. 1985)

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