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PEOPLE, res, v. KAHN HIGHTOWER, def-ap

4845. PEOPLE, res, v. KAHN HIGHTOWER, def-ap — Resko Law Office, P.C., Mount Kisco (Michael Resko of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Katherine Kulkarni of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. Conviser, J.), rendered July 10, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of six months, unanimously affirmed.

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4845. PEOPLE, res, v. KAHN HIGHTOWER, def-ap — Resko Law Office, P.C., Mount Kisco (Michael Resko of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Katherine Kulkarni of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. Conviser, J.), rendered July 10, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of six months, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress a statement he made to the police before the administration of Miranda warnings. The record amply supports the court’s finding that defendant was not in custody at the time of the statement (see People v. Yukl, 25 NY2d 585, 589 [1969], cert denied 400 US 851 [1970]). Defendant voluntarily accompanied the police to the precinct, he was not handcuffed or in any way restrained at the time he made the challenged statement, and he had been explicitly told that he was not under arrest (see e.g. People v. Andrango, 106 AD3d 461 [1st Dept 2013], lv denied 21 NY3d 1040 [2013]; People v. Colon, 54 AD3d 621, 622 [1st Dept 2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 923 [2009]). In any event, the record also supports the court’s finding that the challenged statement was a spontaneous, freely volunteered utterance that was unprompted by any police interrogation or the functional equivalent thereof (see People v. Rivers, 56 NY2d 476 [1982]).

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