People v. Blas

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John Collins, J.), rendered September 2, 1998, as amended September 8, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 10 to 20 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The hearing court properly denied suppression of the lineup identifications. A review of the lineup photos establishes that the lineup participants possessed the same general physical characteristics as those of…