(February 15, 2018, 11:11 AM EST) -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York appeals court panel on Feb. 9 affirmed rulings by a trial court judge that denied a defendant’s motion to suppress statements he made to police after a fire destroyed a rental property he owned, as well as evidence on his parole status, finding that exclusion of the evidence would not have resulted in an acquittal (People v. Samuel F. Crawford, No. 1482 KA 14-01983, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 4th Dept., 2018 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 953)....