Can hearsay testimony support a finding that a defendant consented to accompany the officers to the police precinct?

¹⁰ People v. Gonzalez , 80 N.Y.2d 883, 587 N.Y.S.2d 607, 600 N.E.2d 238 [1992] is instructive. In that appeal, we considered whether hearsay testimony from a detective describing what other police officers had told him could support a finding that defendant freely consented to accompany the officers to the police precinct. While such testimony was admissible, we concluded it did not independently satisfy the People's burden (id. at 885, 587 N.Y.S.2d 607, 600 N.E.2d 238 ). Notably for present purposes, we observed that "the finding of the hearing court that [the detective] was credible is irrelevant": "[t]hat [the detective], who had no personal knowledge of the relevant facts, testified truthfully as to what the [officers] told him has no bearing on the pertinent issue of whether the other [officers'] statements were true" (id. ).