Opinion
December 16, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County, John Stackhouse, J.
On defendant's appeal from the judgment, he previously argued that the IAS Court erroneously denied his pretrial motion to suppress identification testimony without holding a Wade hearing and we agreed. By order entered April 8, 1993, we held defendant's appeal from the judgment in abeyance and remanded the case for a Wade hearing (People v Lawhorn, 192 A.D.2d 359). After a Wade hearing was conducted on August 5, 1993, Justice Stackhouse denied the motion, finding that the showup identification was not unduly suggestive. Defendant now argues that the People failed to prove at the hearing that the complainant's identification of defendant was not unduly suggestive. The on-the-scene showup identification, which took place within seconds after the commission of the crime, was not rendered unduly suggestive because defendant was seated handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car next to a police officer who looked at him closely and because an officer may have told the complainant to come outside to "make a positive I.D." (see, People v Duuvon, 77 N.Y.2d 541).
Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Ross, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.