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People v. Castillo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 27, 1986
123 A.D.2d 878 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

October 27, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Owens, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that the showup procedure employed by the police was both unnecessary and unduly suggestive lacks merit. The record reveals that the police officers, who were uncertain of the nature and extent of the defendant's involvement in the crime and the seriousness of the complainant's injuries, were fully justified in exhibiting the defendant to the complainant at the hospital some 15 to 20 minutes after the stabbing (see, e.g., People v Rivera, 22 N.Y.2d 453, cert denied 395 U.S. 964; People v Kemp, 112 A.D.2d 320; see generally, People v Smith, 38 N.Y.2d 882; People v Brnja, 70 A.D.2d 17, affd 50 N.Y.2d 366; People v Veal, 106 A.D.2d 418). As such, the showup constituted a proper procedure to confirm a previous identification of the defendant (see, e.g., People v Higgs, 111 A.D.2d 410). In any event, a review of the record compels the conclusion that there was a sufficient independent basis for the in-court identification of the defendant by the complainant as well as positive identifications by two eyewitnesses who did not attend the showup procedure; hence, any possible error in the admission of testimony concerning the showup must be deemed harmless (see, People v Adams, 53 N.Y.2d 241). Although the trial court's questioning of the witnesses may have been more than what was necessary, we see no basis for reversal on that ground.

We have considered the defendant's remaining contention and find it to be unpreserved for review and, in any event, without merit. Mollen, P.J., Lazer, Bracken and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Castillo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 27, 1986
123 A.D.2d 878 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Castillo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE CASTILLO…

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

Date published: Oct 27, 1986

Citations

123 A.D.2d 878 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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