People v. Alvarez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (George Roberts, J., on suppression motion; James Leff, J., at plea and sentence), rendered April 1, 1996, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 9 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Summary denial of defendant’s motion to suppress identifica*661tion testimony was proper. The parties’ submissions did not raise any factual issue requiring a Wade hearing. The identifications in this ongoing undercover operation were clearly confirmatory (see, People…