Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly excluded defendant's hearsay statement, communicated to his former attorney, in which defendant allegedly admitted using a stolen credit card. This statement is not admissible as a declaration against penal interest because a statement made to an attorney is confidential and, therefore, not adverse to one's penal interest and because, in the instant case, there is a complete absence of any...
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