People v. Bennett

*839OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

At the arraignment, defendant was provided with written notice that the People intended to offer as evidence at trial both a written and an oral statement. (See CPL 710.30, subd 1.) Thereafter, the People agreed to provide defendant with a copy of the written confession. Defendant also was informed that the “sum and substance” of his oral statement was contained in that writing.

The trial court found that the oral admission was substantially the same as the written confession, and that finding was affirmed by…