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People v. Nicia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 29, 2006
32 A.D.3d 543 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)

Opinion

2004-08030.

August 29, 2006.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered August 5, 2004, convicting him of attempted robbery in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing (Collini, J.), of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Tonya Plank of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Sholom J. Twersky, and Tziyonah M. Langsam of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Miller, J.P., Adams, Skelos and Covello, JJ.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the police had reasonable suspicion to detain him for possible identification based on a totality of the circumstances, including a radio transmission providing a general description of the perpetrators of the crime, the brief period of time between the crime and the discovery of the defendant near the scene of the crime, and the detective's observation of the defendant, who matched the radio-transmitted description of one of the perpetrators ( see People v Hunt, 306 AD2d 497; People v Martinez, 301 AD2d 615; People v Lynch, 285 AD2d 518, cert denied 535 US 1081).


Summaries of

People v. Nicia

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 29, 2006
32 A.D.3d 543 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
Case details for

People v. Nicia

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. VICTOR NICIA, Appellant

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

Date published: Aug 29, 2006

Citations

32 A.D.3d 543 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)
2006 N.Y. Slip Op. 6340
819 N.Y.S.2d 842

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