Legal Opinion

People v. Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 8, 1992Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Haft, J., at suppression hearing and jury trial), rendered May 16, 1990, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a predicate felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court properly held that the precinct showup identification, made by an undercover officer trained to be accurate and objective in observation, within three hours of *390defendant’s face-to-face narcotics sale to that officer, was sufficiently connected and contemporaneous to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. WhartonNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  2. People v. RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. People v. RobertsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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