Opinion
November 24, 1986
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agresta, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was arrested three or four blocks from the scene of the crime after being chased to that location by some neighbors of the complaining witness. Based on the totality of circumstances known to the arresting officer, we have concluded that there was probable cause to arrest the defendant (see, People v Bigelow, 66 N.Y.2d 417).
We have reviewed the record and have determined that the showup that occurred 15 minutes after the crime was not improper but was "an appropriate procedure to secure a prompt and reliable identification of the perpetrator while the incident was vivid in the victim's memory" (People v Ford, 110 A.D.2d 847; see also, People v Brnja, 70 A.D.2d 17, affd 50 N.Y.2d 366).
The trial court's Sandoval ruling was not an abuse of discretion (see, People v Bennette, 56 N.Y.2d 142; People v Sandoval, 34 N.Y.2d 371; People v Frumerin, 121 A.D.2d 736). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Lawrence and Eiber, JJ., concur.