People v. Simmons
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered December 8, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was tried for the commission of three robberies. Within 15 days of his arraignment, he was served with a notice pursuant to CPL 710.30 as to the People’s intention to offer identification evidence at trial. Insofar as relevant to this appeal, the notice as to complainant Sybil Butler indicated that she would testify as to lineup identifications in addition to her crime scene observations. As a result of the disclosure of Rosario material prior to the Wade hearing, the defendant learned that Ms. Butler had also identified his picture from a photographic array. The defendant moved to preclude all of Ms. Butler’s identification testimony at trial due to the omission of any reference to the photographic identification from the People’s notice pursuant to CPL 710.30. The Supreme Court denied the application. We agree.
The People’s notice pursuant to CPL 710.30 advised the defendant that Ms. Butler would testify at trial as to corporeal identifications at the crime scene and during lineups. The Wade hearing did include inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the photographic identification as well as the lineup and crime scene viewings. The court concluded that none of the
We have reviewed the defendant’s remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Sullivan, J. P., Miller, Copertino and Goldstein, JJ., concur.
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