Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the County Court properly concluded that the defendant's statements were voluntary, and that the defendant "spoke with genuine spontaneity `and not [as] the result of inducement, provocation, encouragement or acquiescence, no matter how subtly employed'" (People v Rivers,
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