Judgment affirmed.
Defendant was properly advised of and understood his Miranda rights; an attorney's presence was not required for his waiver of these rights since the waiver was made prior to formal arraignment (People v Settles, 46 N.Y.2d 154, 165). Even were the issuance of a search warrant after arrest to constitute activity "sufficiently `judicial' in nature" to trigger the critical stage right to counsel (People v Sugden, 35 N.Y.2d 453, 461), such right, prior to arraignment, is not indelible (People v Coleman, 43 N.Y.2d 222, 226). Further, the delay between defendant's arrest and arraignment was not intended to allow time to coerce a confession from defendant (see, People v Lockwood, 44 N.Y.2d 769), but, rather, was the normal result of a weekend arrest; thus his indelible right to counsel did not attach until his arraignment. Since defendant voluntarily waived his rights prior to that time, his statements made immediately after the waiver were properly held admissible.
Defendant's contention that the photo array shown to the victim was improper is without merit. He argues only that certain of the eight photos do not exactly meet the victim's rather general description. Defendant's photo was in no way highlighted by the array, nor was it the only one similar to the original description. The record reveals no evidence that the array displayed defendant's photo in an unduly suggestive manner. Gibbons, J.P., Bracken, Kunzeman and Kooper, JJ., concur.