Opinion
March 2, 2000
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J., at hearing; Mary McGowan Davis, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered February 10, 1997, convicting defendant of kidnapping in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 22 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Carol A. Remer-Smith, for Respondent.
John H. Wilson, for Defendant-Appellant.
SULLIVAN, P.J., ROSENBERGER, MAZZARELLI, ANDRIAS, JJ.
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. We see no reason to disturb the jury's determinations concerning credibility and identification. There was ample evidence supporting each element of kidnapping in the first degree.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. We find no evidence of suggestiveness with respect to any identification procedures. The circumstances of the identifications were properly established through the testimony of a detective who stated that at each procedure he spoke with the complainant through an interpreter (see, People v. Delances, 262 A.D.2d 249, 692 N.Y.S.2d 372, lv denied 93 N.Y.2d 1004).
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
Motion to file pro se supplemental brief denied.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.