Opinion
February 16, 1988
Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Namm, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The hearing court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress the statements made by him to the police. The defendant was represented by an attorney in a bankruptcy proceeding that was unrelated to the homicide that the police were investigating. The right to counsel based on an individual's representation in a pending proceeding does not extend to unrelated proceedings of a wholly civil nature (see, People v Lucarano, 61 N.Y.2d 138, 145).
Upon our examination of the record herein, we find that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Thompson, J.P., Brown, Eiber and Sullivan, JJ., concur.