Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the statements which he unsuccessfully sought to suppress were, in fact, spontaneously made. The record supports the hearing court's finding that the defendant spoke with genuine spontaneity and not as a result of police conduct which reasonably should have been anticipated to evoke a declaration from the defendant (see, People v Lynes,
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