PEOPLE v. COX


164 A.D.2d 779 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wendell Cox, Appellant

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

August 9, 1990


The principal issue on appeal is whether the precinct house identification procedure arranged by the police was a suggestive showup or an acceptable confirmation of an earlier identification by the complaining witness. We conclude it was the latter because of the short span of time between the incident, the intervening procedure, and the contested precinct house identification.

Within minutes after the victim had been surrounded on the street and robbed, defendant...

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