People v. Velasquez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), rendered April 12, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motions were properly denied. Following defendant’s arrest, police inquiries regarding ownership of the van in question and the whereabouts of its keys were clearly intended to clarify the situation and did not constitute police interrogation requiring Miranda warnings (People v Huffman, 41…