Opinion
June 9, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel FitzGerald, J., at hearing; Edward McLaughlin, J., at plea and sentence).
Defendants suppression motion was properly denied. The showup, taking place only four blocks from and less than one hour after the crime, was permissible ( see, People v. Ortiz, 90 N.Y.2d 533, 537), and was not rendered infirm by the existence of probable cause or suggestive by the fact that defendant was handcuffed seated next to a police officer in a police vehicle ( People v. Espala, 223 A.D.2d 461, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 847).
We have reviewed defendants remaining contentions, including those contained in his pro se supplemental brief, and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Ellerin, J. P., Nardelli, Rubin, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.