People v. Winchell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

*827Both lower courts found that defendant voluntarily accompanied the police to the station house, that the initial police questioning was investigatory into defendant’s complaint of an assault rather than custodial, that defendant was given Miranda warnings upon the change of his status from a victim to a suspect, that he waived his rights intelligently and voluntarily prior to being questioned about his involvement in the victim’s death, and that there was no deception or other deliberate attempt on the part…