Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The hearing evidence demonstrates that while in the hospital, the defendant, within earshot of two detectives, voluntarily made an inculpatory statement to a friend, who was visiting him. The record supports the suppression court's finding that the defendant's friend was not acting either at the direction of, or in cooperation with, the police when he initiated a conversation with the defendant and elicited the defendant's...
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