Opinion
April 24, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant and his two codefendants surrendered to police following approximately three hours of negotiations conducted while all three defendants held their victims hostage. The record of the suppression hearing amply supports the finding that the search of the defendant's person was incident to an arrest premised on probable cause (see, Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 762-763; People v. Perel, 34 N.Y.2d 462, 466-467). Moreover, the identification of the defendant by the hostages at the scene of the crime shortly after the surrender was merely confirmatory. Under the circumstances, the procedures utilized were proper (cf., People v. Love, 57 N.Y.2d 1023) and there is no issue of suggestiveness (see, People v. Johnson, 124 A.D.2d 748). The denial of suppression was therefore correct.
The defendant's assertion that his plea of guilty was involuntarily entered because he was "coerced and pressured" has not been preserved for appellate review (see, People v Mattocks, 100 A.D.2d 944). In any event, the record before us establishes that the allocution more than adequately satisfied the requirements of People v. Harris ( 61 N.Y.2d 9) and the defendant's conclusory assertions are insufficient to relieve him of the consequences of his plea (see, People v. Corwise, 120 A.D.2d 604).
Finally, the defendant pleaded guilty with the understanding that he would receive the sentence which was thereafter actually imposed and we discern no basis for disturbing that sentence (see, People v. Kazepis, 101 A.D.2d 816). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Brown and Harwood, JJ., concur.