Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant claims that the gold chain that he grabbed from the complaining witness should have been ruled inadmissible at trial because it was recovered pursuant to a coerced statement which he made at the time he was apprehended. This contention is without merit. The Supreme Court properly determined, after a hearing, that the defendant's statement was voluntarily made (see, People v Singletary,
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