People v. Keeton

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH KEETON, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Dec 31, 1998

256 A.D.2d 1132 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

684 N.Y.S.2d 448

Opinion

December 31, 1998

Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Galloway, J. — Robbery, 3rd Degree.

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to the contention of defendant that Supreme Court should have suppressed a statement that he made to a police investigator following his arrest. Although the statement was made while defendant was in custody at the Public Safety Building, the evidence adduced at the Huntley hearing supports the court's conclusion that the statement was not the result of police interrogation or its functional equivalent ( see, People v. Huffman, 61 N.Y.2d 795; People v. Reinard, 244 A.D.2d 936, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 896).

Present — Denman, P. J., Hayes, Balio, Boehm and Fallon, JJ.