People v. Brown

On the night of November 13, 1984, the defendant Brown and two others blocked Karen Moore’s passage on the corner of Pulaski and Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn. One of Brown’s companions held a hard object to her chest and removed a gold chain from her neck, while the other companion demanded her money. Immediately thereafter Ms. Moore described the trio’s apparel to the police, and the three were apprehended a few blocks away within 10 minutes of the robbery.

The defendant’s contention that the complainant had only a limited opportunity for observation and that her identification testimony was…