What is the test for suppressing a statement made by a defendant in a civil case?

that the statement was made voluntarily and spontaneously. The record at the hearing demonstrated that the statement was not made in response to any questions from the police ( People v. Davis , 224 A.D.2d 541, 637 N.Y.S.2d 977 [2d Dept. 1996] [defendant's statement at his home that was made in response to merely being informed that the detective was investigating a shooting before any other conversation ensued was spontaneous] ). Accordingly, that portion of the statement is not suppressed.