Legal Opinion
People v. Alvarez
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 23, 1992PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David Goldstein, J.
The issue, one of apparent first impression, is the propriety of a street showup, which occurred geographically close to the crime scene but several months after its commission, where it was civilian witnesses who had initiated the police action which resulted in the showup identification procedure.
Defendant is charged, inter alla, with attempted murder in the second degree. On August 23, 1991, while the complainant, Vivian Falk, was swimming in the ocean in Far Rockaway, defendant approached her, pulled at her bathing suit and tried to push her head…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- People v. DuuvonNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. AlvarezNew York Supreme Court · 1992