Opinion
Argued June 2, 1980
Decided June 24, 1980
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, ALEXANDER CHANANAU, J., FRANCIS J. BLOUSTEIN, J.
Lewis R. Friedman, Richard M. Asche, Herman Kaufman, Jack T. Litman, Russell M. Gioiella and Sharon L. Norton for appellant.
Mario Merola, District Attorney (David H. Fromm and Steven R. Kartagener of counsel), for respondent.
MEMORANDUM.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
Both of the courts below found as a matter of fact that defendant voluntarily agreed to accompany the police to the station house and to submit to police interrogation. Inasmuch as this affirmed finding that defendant's confession was not the product of illegal detention is supported by the record, it is beyond the power of this court to review. (See, e.g., People v Morales, 42 N.Y.2d 129, 138.) Nor can we conclude on the record before us that defendant's confession was involuntarily obtained as a matter of law. (See, e.g., People v Casassa, 49 N.Y.2d 668, 681.)
Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.
Order affirmed in a memorandum.