PEOPLE v. MORALES

2015-03626, Ind. No. 3120/12.

176 A.D.3d 1235 (2019)

109 N.Y.S.3d 650

2019 NY Slip Op 07795

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Manuel Morales, Appellant.

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

Decided October 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , New York, NY ( Justine M. Luongo and Rachel L. Pecker of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan , Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( John M. Castellano , Johnnette Traill , Joseph N. Ferdenzi , Hannah X. Scotti , and Danielle O'Boyle of counsel), for respondent.

Rivera, J.P., Austin, Duffy and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's due process rights were not violated when the Supreme Court permitted a witness to make a first-time, in-court identification during trial. In cases where there has been no pretrial identification procedure or the witness is unable to render a positive identification of the defendant, and the defendant is identified in court for the first time, "the defendant is not deprived of a fair trial because the defense...

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