Opinion
April 5, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grajales, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the hearing court properly found that the lineup was not unduly suggestive (see, People v Rodriquez, 124 A.D.2d 611), as the testimony at the Wade hearing shows there was no substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification (see, People v Adams, 53 N.Y.2d 241; People v Robert, 184 A.D.2d 597; People v McClarin, 157 A.D.2d 747).
Further, a presumption of suggestiveness does not arise by virtue of the posttrial loss of the defendant's lineup photograph, since the hearing and trial courts had an opportunity to view the photograph and found that the lineup was not unduly suggestive (cf., People v Eleby, 137 A.D.2d 707).
Moreover, the defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the hearsay testimony of two of the People's witnesses who did not positively identify the defendant bolstered the testimony of an eyewitness who identified the defendant in a pretrial lineup and at trial. Since the defense counsel did not object to the challenged testimony on the specific ground that it constituted improper bolstering, the claimed error is not preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05). In any event, any error in the admission of such bolstering testimony must be deemed harmless in light of the eyewitness's strong identification testimony (see, People v Johnson, 57 N.Y.2d 969, 970-971; People v McGill, 183 A.D.2d 730).
We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions and find that they are without merit. Miller, J.P., Ritter, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.