Legal Opinion

People v. James

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

Decided April 29, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered September 27, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

*497The show-up identification, obtained 20 minutes after the incident and within 5 or 6 blocks of the subway site of the crime, was not unduly suggestive (People v Love, 57 NY2d 1023; People v Muhammad, 159 AD2d 266, lv denied 76 NY2d 740). Show-up identifications, proximate in time and place to the crime, are deemed trustworthy because the memory of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. LoveNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. LoganNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
  3. People v. MuhammadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. FelizAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. ButlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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