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People v. Morris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 17, 1992
186 A.D.2d 44 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

September 17, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (John P. Collins, J.).


There is no merit to defendant's argument that the hearing court violated his right to due process by denying his request to call the complaining witness at the Wade hearing. "A defendant does not have an absolute right to call a complainant at the Wade hearing absent some indicia of the suggestiveness of the identification procedure employed" (People v Peterkin, 75 N.Y.2d 985, 986). Neither the thirty minute delay between commission of the crime and the showup that was conducted at the scene nor the inconsistency between the testimony of the complainant at the time of trial and that of the People's other witnesses at the Wade hearing demonstrate such suggestiveness.

In conclusion we decline to address the claim that third degree robbery should have been charged as a lesser included offense as unpreserved, the defendant having neither requested such a charge, nor excepted to its not being given (see, People v Buckley, 75 N.Y.2d 843, 846).

Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Asch, Kassal and Rubin, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Morris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Sep 17, 1992
186 A.D.2d 44 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Morris

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH MORRIS…

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

Date published: Sep 17, 1992

Citations

186 A.D.2d 44 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
587 N.Y.S.2d 644

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