People v. Kresberg
Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Weiss-man, J.), rendered January 31, 1991, convicting her of assault in the first degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress statements made by her to law enforcement authorities.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant’s contention that the hearing court erred in denying that branch of her omnibus motion which was to suppress her confession. The question of the voluntariness of the defendant’s statements presented an issue of credibility for the hearing court to resolve, and its determination that the statements were not the product of coercion or an overborne will is fully supported by the record and therefore should not be disturbed (see, People v Rivera, 171 AD2d 708, 709; People v McCallum, 157 AD2d 861, 862).
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]).
The sentence was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80).
We have considered the defendant’s remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Pizzuto and Santucci, JJ., concur.
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