People v. Perkins

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant’s claim that the in-court identification testimony and his custodial statement were the fruits of an illegal arrest is without merit. Defendant concedes that the police had sufficient suspicion to warrant his brief detention for purposes of a showup (see, People v Hicks, 68 NY2d 234), and police conduct during the showup did not render his subsequent arrest illegal (see, People v Dennis, 125 AD2d 325, lv denied 70 NY2d 645; cf., United States v Edmons, 432 F2d 577, where the unlawful arrest preceded the showup).

We agree with defendant’s…