People v. Lux

— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered January 4,1977, convicting him of menacing, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Despite the fact that the police conducted an illegal showup in the police station, the trial court properly permitted the in-court identification of defendant. Two identifying witnesses had occasion to speak with and observe defendant for several minutes just prior to the commission of the crime. One of the witnesses, the victim, observed defendant for a period of 15 minutes during the commission of the…