People v. Mendoza

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mark Dwyer, J.

Defendant Mendoza moves to suppress property seized at or near the time of his arrest. He moves as well to suppress a statement he made at a precinct after the arrest, and a lineup identification also obtained at the precinct. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

A

At a suppression hearing the People presented the testimony of three witnesses. Detective Richard Pengel was assigned to the investigation of a robbery committed by two men who pretended that they were selling a BMW to a third. After that man turned over…