PEOPLE v. SMALLWOOD


99 A.D.2d 819 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Smallwood, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 21, 1984


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant's main contention on appeal is that the showup identification procedures employed by the police were unnecessarily suggestive and violative of due process. Defendant was identified by an eyewitness at the stationhouse showup conducted minutes after the crime. "As a general rule, the practice of exhibiting a suspect to a witness for identification without benefit of a lineup, absent exigent circumstances, has been condemned as

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