Opinion
July 25, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Giaccio, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly denied that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress statements, since it appears from the record of the Huntley hearing that a reasonable man in the defendant's position, innocent of any crime, would not have believed that he was in custody (People v Yukl, 25 N.Y.2d 585, mot to amend remittitur denied 26 N.Y.2d 845, 883, cert denied 400 U.S. 851). Although the defendant remained within the investigations office from approximately noon until 6:30 P.M., he was not continuously interrogated during this interval. Rather, he was left completely alone on several occasions when the Investigators left to attend to other business or to have lunch. He was not handcuffed, and was given food and access to a telephone. In addition, he was questioned about matters unrelated to the arson. Significantly, the investigator who was questioning the defendant at one point offered him $10 to go to The Bronx to see his brother.
The hearing court also correctly determined that the second confession was admissible. Before making his second statement the defendant was fully advised of his Miranda rights. The record demonstrates that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived those rights. Kunzeman, J.P., Weinstein, Eiber and Spatt, JJ., concur.