People v. Soto

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered February 17, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The evidence supports the hearing court’s determination that the defendant’s statements were voluntarily made and not the product of improper influence or coercion (see, Arizona v Fulminante, 499 US 279; People v Anderson, 42 NY2d 35, 38). Defendant’s confession was not the product of any…