People v. Allen

*230The central issue in the case was the complainant’s identification of the defendant as her assailant. The defendant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to display a physical characteristic to the jury unless he took the stand and submitted to cross-examination by the prosecutor.

The evidence established that the complainant was raped and sodomized on the evening of January 5, 1983, in her apartment building in The Bronx. The complainant, who returned home at about 10:00 p.m., noticed a man wearing a blue hood and brown overjacket standing in the lobby as she entered.…