PEOPLE v. COBENAIS


39 N.Y.2d 968 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Albert Cobenais, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Gottlieb and William E. Hellerstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Richard Seltzer, Peter L. Zimroth and Gerald M. Labush of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Although the hospital showup was suppressed because it was impermissibly suggestive, the close and detailed observations of the defendant separately made during the course of the attacks by each of the two victims of the assaults were sufficient to provide independent bases for the subsequent in-court identifications (People v Ballott,

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