Opinion
October 27, 1997
Appeal from Supreme Court, Queens County (Rotker, J.)
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The hearing court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in limiting defense counsel's cross-examination of the detectives regarding certain physical characteristics of the lineup participants ( see, Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673; People v. Chipp, 75 N.Y.2d 327, cert denied 498 U.S. 833). The characteristics at issue were readily discernible from a photograph of the lineup that was before the court ( see, e.g., People v. Mattocks, 133 A.D.2d 89). Because the lineup procedure was not otherwise unduly suggestive, the court did not err in denying suppression of identification testimony ( see, People v. Chipp, supra). Rosenblatt, J.P., Ritter, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.