PEOPLE v. BURTON


57 A.D.3d 261 (2008)

869 N.Y.S.2d 412

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FLOYD BURTON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

December 9, 2008.


The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. While defendant was in custody and awaiting medical attention at a hospital, an officer engaged him in general conversation on subjects unrelated to the case. This was not the functional equivalent of interrogation (see e.g. People v Man Lee Lo, 118 A.D.2d 225, 230-231 [1986], lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 814 [1986]), and the surrounding...

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