Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. Defendant's false statement to the officer that he was "clean," made before Miranda rights were given, was admissible because the officer's brief question about whether defendant had any weapons or other dangerous items on his person was "intended to clarify the situation and not to elicit admissions" (People v Adams,
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