People v. Scruggs

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (D’Amaro, J.), rendered November 16, 1984, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, assault in the second degree, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress statements made by the defendant to the police.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The arresting officer was justified in…