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People v. Simpson

190 A.D.2d 593 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1993-02-18 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Butch Simpson, Appellant.

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J., at suppression hearing and plea; Clifford Scott, J., at sentence), rendered July 10, 1991, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him to a prison term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s contention, his statements were not the product of custodial interrogation. Defendant, who with his accomplice had been handcuffed, spoke up upon hearing a police officer question the superintendent as to whether defendant was on the premises with his permission. Defendant was not induced or provoked into challenging the superintendent’s account. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Carro, Kupferman, Asch and Kassal, JJ.