People v. White

OPINION OF THE COURT

Colleen McMahon, J.

Before me is defendant’s motion to suppress a weapon found when the police broke into his locked room after entering his roommate’s apartment — the scene of a recent armed robbery. Defendant also challenges as suggestive his identification during a showup that occurred within an hour of the crime and about five blocks from the crime scene. I hold that the weapon was validly seized and need not be suppressed, and also that the showup was not unduly suggestive.

FACTS

At a two-day hearing, I listened to the testimony of three police officers — Aliberti,…