People v. Sturgis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Tisch, J.), rendered May 5, 1992, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Prompt, on-the-scene identifications by witnesses following a defendant’s arrest at or near the crime scene are generally allowed and are not categorically or presumptively condemned *550(see, People v…
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