Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
With respect to the defendant's claim that the hearing court improperly refused to suppress statements made by him during a traffic stop by the police, we find that the events occurring between the stop and the defendant's arrest cannot be characterized as the functional equivalent of a custodial situation requiring Miranda warnings (see, Miranda v Arizona,
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