Opinion
March 9, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Quinones, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court properly denied that branch of the defendant's motion which was to suppress the showup identification made by the injured complainant at the hospital. At the time of the identification, the police were informed that it was likely that the complainant would die. Therefore, exigent circumstances existed to justify the showup ( see, People v. Riley, 70 N.Y.2d 523; People v. Pringle, 226 A.D.2d 1072).
The court also properly held that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant. The defendant was arrested based on the information provided by a citizen accusing the defendant of being involved in a shooting ( see, People v. McCain, 134 A.D.2d 623; People v. Phillips, 120 A.D.2d 621).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either without merit or relate to harmless error.
Pizzuto, J. P., Santucci, Joy and Friedmann, JJ., concur.