People v. Stanley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress identification testimony. After identifying defendant at an otherwise fair lineup, a witness told a detective that defendant *423was wearing clothing taken during the crime. The witness had never given a description of the assailant that included clothing, or described the clothing that had been taken, and when the police arrested defendant more than a week after the crime they were unaware that the clothes he was wearing had any significance. Accordingly, we conclude that the lineup was not unduly suggestive (see People v Carroll, 303 AD2d…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Jehan Abdur Raheem, F/k/a John Whitaker v. Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent of Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- People v. CarrollAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. BulginNew York Supreme Court · 2010