Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The hearing court properly denied suppression of the defendant's oral statements. The record clearly indicates that the defendant was responsive when he was read his Miranda rights and that no threats, force, coercion, or improper police conduct prompted the defendant to make his statements.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the court did not err in concluding, after a hearing, that the defendant was competent to stand trial (see, CPL 730.10). We are satisfied that the People sustained their burden of proving by a preponderance of the credible evidence that the defendant is not an incapacitated person (see, People v. Orama, 150 A.D.2d 505).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt of criminal use of a firearm in the first degree beyond a reasonable doubt.
The sentence imposed was appropriate under the circumstances of this case (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Mangano, P.J., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.