People v. Browne — 106 A.D.2d 510

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v William Browne, Appellant.

—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Sangiorgio, J.), rendered April 14, 1983, convicting him of manslaughter in

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the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

Defendant’s guilt was established by direct as well as circumstantial evidence that was sufficient to eliminate all innocent hypotheses (People v Kennedy, 47 NY2d 196 , 202). The evidence included a statement defendant made to a detective on the telephone, essentially admitting that he stabbed the victim. A proper foundation was laid for introduction of this statement, upon which the jury could conclude that defendant was the speaker (People v Lynes, 49 NY2d 286 , 291-292). Defendant was not in custody and, in any event, volunteered the inculpatory statement; hence no Miranda warnings were required (Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 , 478; People v Rodney P., 21 NY2d 1 ).

We have examined defendant’s other contentions and have found them to be without merit. Mollen, P. J., Gibbons, Thompson and Bracken, JJ., concur.

Cases cited

People v. Kennedy 47 NY2d 196 N.Y. 1979-06-05 at 202 p. 511
People v. Lynes 49 NY2d 286 N.Y. 1980-01-15 at 291-292 p. 511
Miranda v. Arizona 384 US 436 SCOTUS 1966-06-13 at 478 p. 511
People v. Rodney P. 21 NY2d 1 N.Y. 1967-11-30 p. 511