Title: People v Romero

State: new-york

Issuer: New York Appellate Court

Document:

People v Romero

2016 NY Slip Op 03212

Decided on April 28, 2016

Court of Appeals

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on April 28, 2016

No. 120 SSM 5

[*1]The People & c., Respondent,
vAnthony Romero, Also Known as Robert Rosa, Appellant.


Submitted by Patricia Pazner, for appellant.
Submitted by John M. Castellano, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant's pre-Miranda  statement, while in custody, in response to a detective's question regarding whether he would like [*2]to make a statement should have been suppressed. However, the error in failing to suppress the statement was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the overwhelming evidence against defendant and there being no reasonable possibility that his statement contributed to the verdict (see People v Rivera , 57 NY2d 453, 456 [1982]). Additionally, there is record support for Supreme Court's decision to deny defendant's motion to suppress the showup identification (see People v Clark , 85 NY2d 886 [1995]), and that decision is beyond our further review.
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules, order affirmed, in a memorandum. Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein, Fahey and Garcia concur.
Decided April 28, 2016