Opinion
May 16, 1994
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Harrington, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The hearing court properly denied suppression of the confidential informant's identification of the defendant. The informant identified the defendant as the individual from whom he purchased cocaine when he saw the defendant moments after the transaction and at the location of the sale. Thereafter, the informant spontaneously identified the defendant in the police parking lot. Neither identification was arranged by the police, and, in any event, the second viewing was merely confirmatory, since the informant had already identified the defendant (see, People v. Ravenell, 179 A.D.2d 788; People v. Harris, 171 A.D.2d 882).
In addition, the defendant received the effective assistance of counsel.
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Thompson, J.P., Rosenblatt, Pizzuto and Florio, JJ., concur.