People v. Burgos

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J., at suppression hearing and plea; Herbert Adlerberg, J., at sentence), rendered January 29, 1997, convicting defendant of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a determinate term of 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion for suppression of statements was properly denied. The record supports the suppression court’s ruling that Miranda warnings were not required when the arresting officer asked defendant, for safety purposes, whether he had anything on his person, such as a needle or knife, that might cut the…