PEOPLE v. ZULUAGA


148 A.D.2d 480 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fernando Zuluaga, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

March 6, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We perceive no reason to disturb the hearing court's findings that the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his Miranda rights and voluntarily confessed to the crime. An effective waiver of Miranda rights may be made by an accused of subnormal intelligence so long as it is established that he understood the immediate meaning of the warnings (see, People...

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