Opinion
March 26, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.).
Defendant's motion to suppress evidence was properly denied, since defendant's statements were not the product of custodial interrogation ( see, People v. Li, 235 A.D.2d 211, lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 1037). The record, including evidence of defendant's voluntary accompaniment of the detectives to the precinct, and the conversational, non-accusatory nature of the discussion, and the fact that the defendant was offered food and left alone for periods of time, supports the hearing court's findings. We see no reason to disturb the hearing court's credibility determinations ( see, People v. Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761).
Concur — Lerner, P. J., Milonas, Rosenberger, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.