People v. Roach

—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law, plea vacated, motion to suppress granted in part and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings on the indictment in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying that part of defendant’s motion that sought to suppress physical evidence seized from defendant’s person and evidence of two *856showup identifications on September 19, 1995. Defendant alleged that the evidence was the fruit of an illegal arrest, and the burden was “on the People to come forward with evidence showing the legality of the police conduct in…