Case Name: In the Matter of Brian E., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant. Marcia Heller, as Assistant Sullivan County Attorney, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-11-10
Citations: 209 A.D.2d 804
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Brian E., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant. Marcia Heller, as Assistant Sullivan County Attorney, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 209
Pages: 804–805

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Brian E., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant. Marcia Heller, as Assistant Sullivan County Attorney, Respondent.
[618 NYS2d 595]

Opinion:
Mercure, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Sullivan County (Meddaugh, J.), entered November 1, 1993, which granted petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.
We previously held this appeal in abeyance and remitted the matter to Family Court for a hearing on the issue of the voluntariness of respondent's statements to his foster mother. A hearing was conducted on August 9, 1994 and Family Court thereafter rendered a decision concluding that respondent's statements were voluntary. In our view, the record amply supports Family Court's findings that respondent was not in custody at the time of the questioning that resulted in the challenged statements, that his foster mother was not a public servant engaged in law enforcement activity or acting under the direction of or in cooperation with such a person (Family Ct Act § 344.2 [2] [b]), and that she did not obtain the statements from respondent "by the use or threatened use of physical force or by means of any other improper conduct or undue pressure which impaired [his] physical or mental condition to the extent of undermining his ability to make a choice whether or not to make a statement" (Family Ct Act § 344.2 [2] [a]). We accordingly affirm.
Mikoll, J. P., Crew III and Yesawich Jr., JJ., concur. Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs.