People v. Irving

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Goldstein, J.), rendered January 6, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s assertions, the lineup was not impermissibly suggestive. There is no requirement that lineup stand-ins be identical in physical characteristics to the defendant. They must only be reasonably similar in appearance (see, People v Harris, 187 AD2d 530). Although some of the stand-ins were…