The People v. Clifford Graham

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

After defendant attempted to use counterfeit $20 bills to pay for a hotel room and buy groceries at a convenience store, he was arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigations Division of/ tfy^ Syracuse Police Department. A detective read defendant his Miranda rights, which he waived. Defendant did not, at that time, provide consistent answers to the detectives’ questions regarding who had given him the counterfeit money. The detectives, therefore, ended the interrogation and told defendant that, if he…