Opinion
Argued June 15, 1999
October 28, 1999
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
In an attempt to rob a subway token booth, the defendant and two other individuals set it on fire, killing the token clerk inside. The defendant's contention that statements he made to the police should have been suppressed is without merit. Under the circumstances of this case, a reasonable person, innocent of any crime, would have believed he was free to leave the presence of the police (see, People v. Yukl, 25 N.Y.2d 585, 589 ; Matter of Robert H., 194 A.D.2d 790 ; People v. Blake, 177 A.D.2d 636 ). Accordingly, the hearing court properly denied that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress his statements.
The denial by the Supreme Court of the defendant's application pursuant to CPL 270.50 to have the jury view certain locations at issue in the trial was not an improvident exercise of discretion (see, People v. Rogers, 248 A.D.2d 565 ; People v. Zocchi, 133 A.D.2d 478 ; People v. Cassidy, 115 A.D.2d 487 ).
We also find that the admission into evidence of three photographs of the victim's burnt body did not constitute error. The photographs were relevant to prove several material issues and were not admitted for the sole purpose of arousing the emotions of the jury or prejudicing the defendant (see, People v. Wood, 79 N.Y.2d 958 ). The photographs were not rendered inadmissible merely because they corroborated other evidence produced at trial (see, People v. Stevens, 76 N.Y.2d 833 ).
RITTER, J.P., THOMPSON, FEUERSTEIN, and SMITH, JJ., concur.