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People v. McMickel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 26, 1984
105 A.D.2d 851 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

Opinion

November 26, 1984

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (DeLury, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

The testimony at the Wade hearing indicated that approximately three days after the robbery, the complaining witness selected a photograph of defendant from a group of over 50 photographs, all of black males approximately 5 feet 10 inches in height, and that she identified it as a photograph of the perpetrator. Approximately one week later, she identified defendant in a lineup which contained five other persons. After the Wade hearing, the court ruled admissible testimony that the complaining witness identified defendant at a lineup on the ground that there was no police suggestiveness involved in the identification procedures. Defendant contends that the trial court's ruling constituted reversible error because the lineup, conducted after the photographic viewing, was impermissibly tainted. We disagree. The trial court's finding that both the lineup and photographic identification procedures were not suggestive is amply supported by the record. Moreover, there is no evidence that, at the lineup, the complaining witness was merely identifying the man in the photograph rather than the man who robbed her (see People v Jones, 85 A.D.2d 50; People v Russo, 52 A.D.2d 62).

We have reviewed defendant's other contentions and have found them to be without merit. Titone, J.P., Lazer, Mangano and Niehoff, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. McMickel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 26, 1984
105 A.D.2d 851 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)
Case details for

People v. McMickel

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL McMICKEL…

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

Date published: Nov 26, 1984

Citations

105 A.D.2d 851 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

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