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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH FOX, Appellant.

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Upon our review of the record, we agree with the suppression court that the investigators' statements about obtaining psychiatric help for defendant did not constitute a promise which rendered defendant's statement involuntary under either CPL 60.45 (2) (b) (i) or (ii). The statements in no way created a substantial risk that defendant would falsely incriminate himself (CPL 60.45 [b] [i]; People v Giangrasso, 109 A.D.2d 750; People v Diaz, 77 A.D.2d 523, affd 54 N.Y.2d 967, cert denied 455 U.S. 957), nor were the statements made as a promise of an alternative to criminal prosecution or incarceration (cf. People v Bay, 76 A.D.2d 592). Thus, we find no violation of defendant's statutory or constitutional rights (People v Sumeriski, 119 A.D.2d 999; cf. People v Hilliard, 117 A.D.2d 969).

Furthermore, there was no violation of defendant's right to counsel. Defendant's limited references to consulting with an attorney before submitting to a voice graph, made during the course of a noncustodial interview, did not amount to an unequivocal request that counsel be present. Accordingly, the statement defendant gave to investigators during the course of a subsequent interview, at which defendant voluntarily appeared with his father, was not taken in violation of his rights (see, People v Johnson, 79 A.D.2d 201, revd for reasons stated in dissenting opn by Callahan, J., at App. Div. 55 N.Y.2d 931).

We have examined defendant's remaining contention and find it to be without merit.

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PEOPLE v. FOX
(May 23, 1986)