Opinion
April 3, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Beldock, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that it was reversible error to admit into evidence testimony of a witness whose identity was obtained as a result of statements made by the defendant which had been suppressed by the hearing court. We disagree. The record shows that the witness made the independent decision to testify against the defendant. Thus, the witness's testimony was sufficiently attenuated from the illegality to be admissible at trial (see, United States v Ceccolini, 435 U.S. 268; People v McGrath, 46 N.Y.2d 12, cert denied 440 U.S. 972). Miller, J.P., O'Brien, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.