PEOPLE v. KENLEY

Nos. 5469, 4787/07.

87 A.D.3d 518 (2011)

928 N.Y.S.2d 705

2011 NY Slip Op 6331

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERIC KENLEY, Appellant.

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

Decided August 25, 2011.


A defendant is not entitled to a lineup in which the fillers are "nearly identical" to him (People v Chipp, 75 N.Y.2d 327, 336 [1990], cert denied 498 U.S. 833 [1990]). However, a lineup is unduly suggestive when only the defendant matches a key aspect of the description of the perpetrator provided by a witness or witnesses (see Foster v California, 394 U.S. 440, 441-443 [1969]; People...

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