People v. Cruz

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lasak, J.), rendered November 22, 2005, convicting him of murder in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of weapon in the third degree, and tampering with physical evidence (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Hanophy, J.), of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress his statements to law enforcement officials.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

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