Opinion
May 15, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On the evening of April 21, 1993, the arresting Officer Ward and his partner received a radio transmission that an armed robbery had been committed at 237th Street and 120th Avenue in Queens. The victims had described the getaway car as a red Cherokee jeep with silver trim on the bottom, and a spare tire with a red rim on the back tailgate. The perpetrators were described as two black males, one wearing a black leather jacket and the other wearing a dark shirt with the word "Canai" printed across the front. At 9:15 P.M., Officer Ward and his partner spotted a jeep matching that exact description at 117th Road and Springfield Boulevard. The passenger engaged in the furtive movement of leaning back and disappearing behind the dashboard. At that juncture, the officers were justified in approaching the vehicle with their guns drawn, and frisking the occupants (see, People v Torres, 74 N.Y.2d 224, 226; People v Lindsay, 72 N.Y.2d 843; People v Jordan, 178 A.D.2d 1009; People v Butler, 175 A.D.2d 252; People v Lacen, 154 A.D.2d 398; People v Torres, 145 A.D.2d 664). Once the officers removed the defendant and his codefendant from the vehicle, they noted that the driver of the jeep was wearing a black leather jacket with brown trim, while the passenger was wearing a dark T-shirt with the word "Canai" written across it. The subsequent search of the passenger compartment of the automobile, which revealed the presence of two loaded handguns, was justified as a search incident to the occupants' lawful arrest (see, People v Belton, 55 N.Y.2d 49; see also, People v Torres, 74 N.Y.2d 224, 227, supra).
Thereafter, the complainants were brought to the scene of the arrest, and identified the defendant and his codefendant as the robbers. The showup, which occurred within one hour of the commission of the crime, was not unduly suggestive (see, People v West, 128 A.D.2d 570; People v Greene, 125 A.D.2d 697, affd 70 N.Y.2d 860; People v Huggler, 50 A.D.2d 471; see also, People v Love, 57 N.Y.2d 1023; People v Brnja, 50 N.Y.2d 366; People v Carney, 212 A.D.2d 721).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Balletta, J.P., Copertino, Altman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.