People v. Dairsaw

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Order affirmed on the memorandum at the Appellate Division.

We would only add that unwarranted delay in arraignment is but one of the many pertinent factors bearing on the question of the voluntariness and, therefore, admissibility of a defendant’s inculpatory statements. (People v Vargas, 7 NY2d 555, 565-566; United States v Poole, 495 F2d 115, 120, cert den 422 US 1048.) Where, as in the case before us, there has been a voluntary and intelligent waiver by the defendant of his rights to counsel and to remain silent after he had been repeatedly advised of his…