People v. Howard

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly denied the motion of defendant to suppress his statements to the police. The record supports the court’s determination that defendant had been given Miranda warnings and had knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his rights (see, People v Williams, 62 NY2d 285, 288-289; People v McPherson, 213 AD2d 1074, lv denied 85 NY2d 977). The fact that defendant failed "to sign a written waiver [does] not vitiate the effective waiver of those rights” (People v Slaughter, 163 AD2d 342, 346; see, People v Ridgeway, 101 AD2d 555,…