PEOPLE v. BROCKWAY (2006)

On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law former § 130.50[3] ), defendant contends that Supreme Court erred in refusing to suppress statements that he made to investigators from the Rome Police Department and the Sheriff's office because the statements were obtained by deception, threats and promises.   We reject defendant's contention, inasmuch as there is no showing that deception on the part of the investigators, if any, “was so fundamentally unfair as to deny due process ․ or that a promise or threat was made that could induce a false confession” (People v. Tarsia, 50 N.Y.2d 1, 11, 427 N.Y.S.2d 944, 405 N.E.2d 188).   Contrary to the further contention of defendant, the police had probable cause to arrest him based on his admission that he had sexual contact with the three-year-old victim (see generally People v. Stabb, 9 A.D.3d 738, 739, 779 N.Y.S.2d 866, lv. denied 3 N.Y.3d 712, 785 N.Y.S.2d 40, 818 N.E.2d 682).   We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and conclude that they are without merit.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

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