People v. Catone

Appeals by defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County (Namm, J.), both rendered January 25, 1983, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident without reporting, as a felony, upon a jury verdict, and of grand larceny in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentences.

Judgments affirmed.

Defendant moved to suppress certain oral and written confessions on the ground that they were involuntary, having resulted from beatings. The hearing court properly denied this motion, especially in light of the fact that when…