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Matter of Ronald

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 23, 1989
146 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

January 23, 1989

Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Tejada, J.).


Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The appellant argues that the adjudication of his delinquency and the order of disposition should be reversed on the ground, inter alia, that he received inadequate notice of the complainant's identification testimony, as required by Family Court Act § 330.2 and CPL 710.30 (1). We disagree.

As the Family Court properly determined, the evidence at the fact-finding hearing established that in this case there was no police-arranged confrontation for the purpose of establishing the identity of the perpetrator (see, People v Kennedy, 128 A.D.2d 549; People v Berkowitz, 50 N.Y.2d 333, 338, n 1; People v Gissendanner, 48 N.Y.2d 543, 552; Matter of Kenneth S., 128 A.D.2d 881, 882). It appears that within minutes of the robbery, the complainant, while riding in a police vehicle, identified the appellant on a roof atop a two-story building, based upon his prior view of the appellant's clothing and companions during the crime. Thereafter, as the appellant took evasive maneuvers, the complainant also viewed his face again, and, within 15 or 20 minutes, the officers arrested the appellant, asked the complainant if the appellant was the perpetrator, and the complainant responded affirmatively.

The appellant was adequately appraised of the complainant's initial identification, and the second identification occurring upon arrest was neither a showup nor a police-arranged identification procedure within the meaning of the statute, but was instead confirmatory in nature, and therefore, the appellant was not entitled to notice (see, Matter of Kenneth S., supra, at 883; see also, People v Love, 57 N.Y.2d 1023). The evidence concerning the complainant's in-court and out-of-court identifications of the appellant was properly received. Bracken, J.P., Rubin, Sullivan and Harwood, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Ronald

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 23, 1989
146 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

Matter of Ronald

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of RONALD W., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 23, 1989

Citations

146 A.D.2d 703 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

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