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THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. TERRENCE MORGAN, APPELLANT. (IND. NO. 11175/95)

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, his second statement, given at the police station after he waived his Miranda rights (see, Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436), was not tainted by the illegality of a prior, inadmissible statement. The interval of time between the making of the two statements, in conjunction with the intervening circumstances, provided sufficient attenuation to remove any taint attributable to the inadmissible statement (see, People v. Nisbett, 225 A.D.2d 801; People v. Ates, 157 A.D.2d 786; People v. Steed, 133 A.D.2d 433). Additionally, the defendant did not testify at the suppression hearing and no evidence was adduced in support of his contention that the second statement was involuntarily made on constraint of the prior inadmissible statement, under the so-called "cat out of the bag" theory (see, People v. Tanner, 30 N.Y.2d 102, 105-106; People v. Alaire, 148 A.D.2d 731, 738; People v. Schultz, 187 A.D.2d 466, 467). Accordingly, the hearing court properly denied that branch of the omnibus motion which was to suppress that statement.

Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).

The defendant's sentence was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).

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PEOPLE v. MORGAN
(Nov 13, 2000)