People v. Johnson

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly denied the motion to suppress defendant’s statement to the police. The promise by the District Attorney that he would not ask the court to sentence defendant as a persistent felony offender did not create “a substantial risk that the defendant might falsely incriminate himself’ (CPL 60.45 [2] [b] [i]; see, People v Hamelinck, 222 AD2d 1024, lv denied 87 NY2d 921; People v Engert, 202 AD2d 1023, 1024, lv denied 83 NY2d 910). Further, contrary to the contentions in defendant’s first pro se supplemental brief, that statement was…