Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The County Court properly determined after a hearing that the People established the voluntariness of the defendant's confession beyond a reasonable doubt. On appeal, the defendant improperly relies on the defendant's trial testimony to challenge that determination. "Where, as here, the defendant fails to move to reopen a suppression hearing, he or she may not rely upon the trial testimony to challenge the suppression ruling...
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