Opinion
March 21, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (O'Dwyer, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
After receiving from an eyewitness an account of an attempted burglary of a nearby residence and his description of the two male perpetrators, the police apprehended the defendant and his companion. On-the-scene identifications were made by the eyewitness. It is well settled that information provided by an identified citizen accusing another individual of the commission of a specific crime is sufficient to provide the police with probable cause to arrest (People v. Selasar, 91 A.D.2d 616, 617; People v. Sanders, 79 A.D.2d 688, 689). Inasmuch as the police, in the instant case, were in possession of specific and articulable facts which would reasonably lead a prudent person to conclude that the defendant and his companion had committed a crime, the arrest was properly based on probable cause.
The mere fact that approximately two hours may have elapsed between the point at which the defendant was advised of and waived his rights and his admission that he had acted as a lookout does not render the interrogation inherently coercive. "It is well settled that where a person in police custody has been issued Miranda warnings and voluntarily and intelligently waives those rights, it is not necessary to repeat the warnings prior to subsequent questioning within a reasonable time thereafter, so long as the custody has remained continuous" (People v. Glinsman, 107 A.D.2d 710, lv denied 64 N.Y.2d 889, cert denied 472 U.S. 1021).
Inasmuch as the record unequivocally indicates that the defendant had a clear understanding of what a guilty plea connotes and the consequences thereof (see, People v. Harris, 61 N.Y.2d 9), the court did not err in accepting his plea.
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Brown, Weinstein and Sullivan, JJ., concur.