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PEOPLE v. BRAY

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department.
Jun 14, 2002
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of arson in the second degree (Penal Law ยง 150.15). Contrary to the contention of defendant, County Court properly refused to suppress his statements to the police. The record supports the court's findings that defendant was not in custody before Miranda warnings were given ( see People v. Ludlow, 187 A.D.2d 936, 937, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 888) and that defendant, despite his intellectual and communicative limitations, knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his Miranda rights and agreed to speak to the police ( see People v. Williams, 62 N.Y.2d 285, 287; People v. Thayer, 210 A.D.2d 977).