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THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. JOSE MARTINEZ, APPELLANT. (IND. NO. 10850/97).

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's claim that the hearing court erred in denying that branch of his motion which was to suppress statements he made to the police because he did not understand the Miranda warnings (see, Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436) and therefore did not speak voluntarily is without merit. A review of the totality of the circumstances establishes that the defendant's statements while in police custody were made voluntarily (see, People v. Huntley, 15 N.Y.2d 72; People v. Malik, 265 A.D.2d 577), and the hearing court properly denied that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress those statements.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the court properly restricted cross-examination regarding collateral matters (see, People v. Thorpe, 236 A.D.2d 641; People v. Heung K. Sul, 234 A.D.2d 563). Furthermore, the granting of an adverse inference charge was a proper sanction where the People were unable to produce the card on which the defendant acknowledged that he had received the Miranda warnings (see, People v. Fullwood, 254 A.D.2d 431).

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

The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit.

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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ
(Oct 16, 2000)