Opinion
May 10, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County, Renee White, J., John Bradley, J.
Defendant's contention that he was improperly pursued and seized is without merit. The evidence established that defendant joined an individual who was running through the streets of Chinatown holding a revolver, furtively looked over his shoulder while running, conversed with the gunman and was shown the contents of the bag he was carrying, and when directed to stop by the police, ran with the gunman into a nearby housing project and tried frantically to gain entrance. This conduct gave rise to a reasonable suspicion entitling the police to pursue defendant and stop and detain him for questioning (People v. Johnson, 186 A.D.2d 420, 421 [1st Dept], lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 763). While defendant was properly detained for less than 10 minutes and uncuffed, the complaining witnesses were brought to the scene and identified him as one of the two men that had robbed them (see, People v Hicks, 68 N.Y.2d 234, 240).
We have considered defendant's claim with respect to the prosecutor's summation and, to the degree it is preserved, find it to be without merit.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Asch, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.