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People v. March

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 24, 2000
271 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Submitted March 7, 2000.

April 24, 2000.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flaherty, J.), rendered July 25, 1997, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree (three counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, 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 identification evidence.

C. Franklin Davis, Jr., Forest Hills, N.Y., for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel; Anthony D. Luis on the brief), for respondent.

CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

At trial, the defense counsel argued that the testimony of several of the People's witnesses contradicted the suppression hearing testimony of the officer who conducted a showup identification of the defendant, and moved for a new hearing on the ground that the officer had committed perjury. The Supreme Court properly denied the motion. Any discrepancies between the testimony at the suppression hearing and at trial were minor (see, People v. Mack, 224 A.D.2d 447 ) and, in any event, were not dispositive of the issue of whether the showup was unduly suggestive (see, People v. Duuvon, 77 N.Y.2d 541 ; People v. Sharpe, 259 A.D.2d 639 ).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80 ).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.


Summaries of

People v. March

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 24, 2000
271 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. March

Case Details

Full title:The People, etc., respondent, v. Franklyn March, appellant. (Ind. No…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 24, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
707 N.Y.S.2d 856

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