People v. Cox

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Howard Bell, J., at hearing; Robert Haft, J., at trial), rendered February 22, 1990, after a jury trial, convict*317ing defendant of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IVz to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was not deprived of due process by the 18-month delay between his identification as a suspect and arrest. The investigating officer acted reasonably and in good faith in attempting to locate defendant by visiting his last known address, where bystanders claimed not to recognize him from a…