Opinion
March 23, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The issue of whether a suspect is in custody is generally a question of fact (People v. Centano, 76 N.Y.2d 837), and the standard to be applied is whether a reasonable person, innocent of any crime, would have believed that he or she was in police custody (People v. Yukl, 25 N.Y.2d 585, cert. denied 400 U.S. 851). Weighing the relevant factors in the instant case (see, People v. Mosley, 196 A.D.2d 893; People v. Bailey, 140 A.D.2d 356), the hearing court properly determined that the defendant was neither placed in custody in his room nor forcibly transported to the precinct for questioning.
The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review, without merit, or do not warrant reversal.
Copertino, J. P., Altman, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.