Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress identification testimony. The defendant matched the general description transmitted over the police radio and was apprehended within 20 minutes and a few blocks from the scene of the crime. The police acted properly in briefly detaining the defendant while awaiting the arrival of a witness (see, People v Hinds,
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