People v. Ramirez

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (James A. Yates, J.), rendered March 16, 2006, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court properly denied suppression of defendant’s statements to a police receptionist. Defendant, who appeared to be bleeding slightly from minor scratches, walked up to the receptionist while she was taking a break outside the police station and told her in Spanish that he “wanted”…