People v. Zayas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered May 3, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed. '
Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. The court properly found the single-photo identification conducted very shortly after the crime to be confirmatory because, under the unusual circumstances present, the complainant and eyewitness had become so familiar with defendant, as fellow de*321tainees, that there was no risk of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. RodriguezNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. PipersburgAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000