People v. Blake

Chief Judge Breitel.

Defendant appeals from convictions for criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree (Penal Law, § 165.50) and unauthorized use of a vehicle (Penal Law, § 165.05), after a jury trial. He was sentenced to probation on the stolen property charge and to a conditional discharge on the vehicle use charge.

The issue is whether identifications made by witnesses at prearraignment corporeal viewings of defendant absent counsel should be excluded.

The order of the Appellate Division affirming the convictions should be affirmed. Counsel at prearraignment viewings is not…