People v. Letman

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the court properly concluded that there was a source for the in-court identification of the defendant by the undercover detective independent of a suggestive showup identification (see, People v Howard, 167 AD2d 418, 419; People v Hyatt, 162 AD2d 713).

The defendant has failed to preserve for appellate review his contention that his convictions for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and criminal use of drug paraphernalia in the second degree were not proven by legally sufficient evidence because the People failed to prove…