People v. Falcon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The evidence adduced at trial established that on the morning of August 14, 1993, the defendant followed the complainant into his apartment building, robbed him at knife-point, and then slashed his throat with the knife.
The Supreme Court properly determined that the prompt showup identification by the complainant was not suggestive, and that the identification itself was reliable because the criminal acts, escape, pursuit, apprehension, and identification all occurred in a matter of minutes and within the radius of a few short blocks in Queens (see, e.g., People v Johnson, 81 NY2d 828, 831;…
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