Opinion
April 10, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Greenberg, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no merit to the defendant's contention that the People failed to prove his identity as the perpetrator of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the People (People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish that the defendant was the perpetrator. The complainant and a witness had several opportunities to view the perpetrator during the commission of the crime and the complainant identified the defendant immediately. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we find that the verdict was not contrary to the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).
Also without merit is the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in permitting a witness to testify at trial when the People had not provided the defendant with notice pursuant to CPL 710.30. When the witness was called to testify, a Wade hearing was immediately held, at the conclusion of which the court suppressed the pretrial identification testimony but permitted the witness to testify as to the identification of the defendant in court. Thus, the absence of notice did not render the identification testimony inadmissible (see, CPL 710.30; People v. Whitaker, 106 A.D.2d 594).
Finally, the sentence imposed was not unduly harsh or excessive and did not constitute an improvident exercise of discretion (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Mollen, P.J., Mangano, Brown and Harwood, JJ., concur.