Opinion
June 8, 1999.
Appeal from the Family Court, Bronx County (Alma Cordova, J.).
Appellant's motion to suppress statements was properly denied. The record supports the credibility determinations of the court. Given these determinations, the evidence establishes that the applicable provisions of the Family Court Act were complied with, where, after appellant's mother was notified of appellant's custody (Family Ct Act § 305.2), as well as the intention of the authorities to transport appellant to the local precinct for questioning, appellant's mother chose to direct appellant's older sister, 18 1/2 years old, to accompany appellant to the precinct in her stead, thereby effectively designating appellant's older sister as the person responsible for appellant's care, and appellant was properly advised of the Miranda rights in the presence of his older sister (Family Ct Act § 305.2).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Nardelli, Lerner, Rubin and Saxe, JJ.