People v. Batista

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Stephen Crane, J., at suppression hearing; Bruce Allen, J., at pleas and sentence), rendered January 7, 1993, convicting defendant of 4 counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 121/2 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.

Under the totality of the circumstances, defendant’s statements were made voluntarily (see, People v Velez, 211 AD2d 524). Defendant’s right to counsel was not violated by prearraignment delay because there is no indication in the record that such delay was "designed…