People v. Watkins

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Juanita Bing Newton, J., at hearing; Clifford Scott, J., at plea and sentence), rendered November 23, 1994, convicting defendant of attempted burglary in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 8 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The motion court properly denied suppression of defendant’s statements, since they were not the product of any illegal police behavior. As defendant concedes, the officers’ initial approach and inquiry were justified. Contrary to defendant’s claim, the fact that one of…