Legal Opinion

People v. Sims

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

Decided December 1, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hotter, J., at sentencing; Corso, J., at trial and hearing), rendered July 10, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), 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 a witness’s in-court identification of him.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

*317It is well settled that a witness may make an in-court identification of a perpetrator despite the existence of an…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. People v. FardanNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. People v. OwensNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. HyattAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. EddoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. BruceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. DeesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. People v. PeradzeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  5. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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