Opinion
February 3, 1995
Appeal from the Onondaga County Court, Mulroy, J.
Present — Denman, P.J., Balio, Fallon, Callahan and Davis, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to the contention of defendant that the confession he made on January 21, 1993 should have been suppressed. The suppression court's determination that the confession was not obtained in violation of defendant's right to counsel (see, People v. Bing, 76 N.Y.2d 331; People v. Winburn, 177 A.D.2d 961, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 834) and was voluntarily given, after defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights (see, People v Williams, 62 N.Y.2d 285, 288-289), is supported by the record and should not be disturbed. We further reject the contention of defendant that the statement he made to the police on August 20, 1992 was involuntarily made. The record supports the suppression court's determination that defendant was not in custody at the time he made that statement (see, People v. Yukl, 25 N.Y.2d 585, 589, cert denied 400 U.S. 851; see also, People v. Huffman, 41 N.Y.2d 29, 33). Lastly, the trial court did not err in denying defendant's request to charge the jury that the People were required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the specific type of knife used in the homicide.