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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DAVID RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

The hearing court properly denied defendant's motion to preclude statements on the ground of a discrepancy, with respect to the time and place of the statements, between the suppression hearing testimony and the People's CPL 710.30(1)(a) notice. Given the facts of the case, as relevant to the suppression issue, this discrepancy was not significant and the delayed disclosure did not affect defendant's ability to litigate the issue. "Since the defendant here moved to suppress the [statements] and received a full hearing . . . any alleged deficiency in the notice provided by the People was irrelevant" (People v. Kirkland, 89 N.Y.2d 903, 905; see also People v. Garcia, 290 A.D.2d 299, lv denied 98 N.Y.2d 730; People v. Morris, 248 A.D.2d 169, 170, affd 93 N.Y.2d 908, CPL 710.30).

The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. Rather than being "obtained" by the police in any manner, the statements at issue were entirely spontaneous. The detective did not ask defendant any questions, or do anything that could be considered the functional equivalent of interrogation, and at one point he warned defendant that he should stop talking about the case. The police are not required "to take affirmative steps, by gag or otherwise, to prevent a talkative person in custody from making an incriminating statement" (People v. Rivers, 56 N.Y.2d 476, 479).

After sufficient inquiry and opportunity for defendant to be heard, the court properly admitted evidence of a prior bad act on the ground that defendant had opened the door to this evidence (see People v. Rojas, 97 N.Y.2d 32).

Defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would reject them.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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PEOPLE v. RIVERA
(Jun 24, 2003)