People v. Backer

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.), rendered May 1, 1996, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (two counts) and assault in the second degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Dunlop, J.), of those branches of the defendant’s omnibus motion which were to suppress identification evidence and statements made by him to law enforcement officials.

*387Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the police were justified in…