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People v. Nolan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 21, 2000
277 A.D.2d 400 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued October 20, 2000.

November 21, 2000.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Erlbaum, J.), rendered March 23, 1999, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Cooperman, J.), of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.

Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Lisa Napoli of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Sharon Y. Brodt, and George Freed of counsel), for respondent.

Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, HOWARD MILLER, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly denied that branch of his omnibus motion which was to suppress testimony regarding the complainant's lineup identification. There is no requirement that a defendant be surrounded by individuals nearly identical to him in appearance (see, People v. Chipp, 75 N.Y.2d 327, 335, cert denied 498 U.S. 833; People v. Rodriguez, 64 N.Y.2d 738, 740-741). Since the lineup participants possessed the same general physical characteristics as those of the defendant (see, People v. Folk, 233 A.D.2d 462), the fact that the defendant has facial birthmarks did not render the lineup impermissibly suggestive (see, People v. Boone, 251 A.D.2d 423; People v. Cintron, 226 A.D.2d 390).

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to sever the counts of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, from the count of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree. The counts were properly joined. The proof in support of the counts of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, was material and admissible as evidence-in-chief upon the trial of the count of unauthorized use of a vehicle in the third degree, as the proof related to the reasons for the defendant's arrest (see, CPL 200.20[b]; People v. Bongarzone, 69 N.Y.2d 892, 895).


Summaries of

People v. Nolan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 21, 2000
277 A.D.2d 400 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

People v. Nolan

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, ETC., RESPONDENT, v. JOHN NOLAN, APPELLANT

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

Date published: Nov 21, 2000

Citations

277 A.D.2d 400 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
717 N.Y.S.2d 193

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