Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant was indicted under indictment 2351/81 for a robbery that had occurred August 29, 1981. Justice Naro held that the defendant was arrested without probable cause and that the showup following this unlawful arrest must be suppressed. However, he also held that the victim had an independent source for making an in-court identification. These rulings were correct (see, United States v Crews,
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