PEOPLE v. PATTERSON


78 N.Y.2d 711 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Charles Patterson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Kirchner for appellant.

Robert E. Wildridge, District Attorney (Victoria Anthony and Lisa Sapino of counsel), for respondent.

Andrew C. Fine for The Legal Aid Society and another, amici curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS and BELLACOSA concur with Judge ALEXANDER; Judge TITONE dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge KAYE concurs; Judge HANCOCK, JR., taking no part.


ALEXANDER, J.

On this appeal we consider the question of whether suppression of in-court identification testimony is required where there has been a violation of CPL 160.50, to wit: the failure to return defendant's photograph taken in connection with an unrelated charge which was dismissed and the file ordered sealed, and the subsequent use of that photograph in an identification procedure in relation to defendant...

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