People v. Quinto

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Quinto

245 A.D.2d 121, 666 N.Y.S.2d 146, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13015

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 16, 1997

StatusPublished

Cited by10 cases

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People v. Quinto, 245 A.D.2d 121, 666 N.Y.S.2d 146, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13015 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1997).

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rose Rubin, J.), rendered February 4, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree and two counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to four concurrent terms of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress her spontaneous statement to a police officer since the officer’s action in turning to a store security officer and asking whether any money was found in the stolen wallet was not designed or reasonably likely to elicit a response from defendant (see, People v Rivers, 56 NY2d 476).

The court also properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress statements made to security personnel who questioned her prior to police intervention (see, People v Ray, 65 NY2d 282). Since the security officers were private citizens, they were not required to administer Miranda warnings and the People were not obliged to provide defendant with notice of their intention to introduce such statements at trial (CPL 710.30 [1] [a]). The record establishes that these private citizens, who had no Special Police Officer status, were not agents of law enforcement (People v Henriquez, 214 AD2d 485, 486, lv denied 86 NY2d 873). Moreover, since defendant moved to suppress the statements and received a full hearing, any alleged deficiency in failing to provide pretrial notice pursuant to CPL 710.30 (1) (a) is obviated (People v Kirkland, 89 NY2d 903). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Milonas, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rose Rubin, J.), rendered February 4, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree and two counts of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony offender, to four concurrent terms of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress her spontaneous statement to a police officer since the officer’s action in turning to a store security officer and asking whether any money was found in the stolen wallet was not designed or reasonably likely to elicit a response from defendant (see, People v Rivers, 56 NY2d 476).

The court also properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress statements made to security personnel who questioned her prior to police intervention (see, People v Ray, 65 NY2d 282). Since the security officers were private citizens, they were not required to administer Miranda warnings and the People were not obliged to provide defendant with notice of their intention to introduce such statements at trial (CPL 710.30 [1] [a]). The record establishes that these private citizens, who had no Special Police Officer status, were not agents of law enforcement (People v Henriquez, 214 AD2d 485, 486, lv denied 86 NY2d 873). Moreover, since defendant moved to suppress the statements and received a full hearing, any alleged deficiency in failing to provide pretrial notice pursuant to CPL 710.30 (1) (a) is obviated (People v Kirkland, 89 NY2d 903). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Milonas, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.

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