People v. Howington
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that County Court erred in denying his motion to suppress the showup identification by the victim. Defendant was apprehended within 200 yards of the crime scene, and the police conducted the showup within 15 minutes of the crime. Although the showup occurred while defendant was wearing handcuffs and in the custody of police officers, the evidence supports the court’s determination that the identification procedure was not unduly suggestive (see, People v Rucker, 277 AD2d 961; People v Tobias, 273 AD2d 925, lv denied 95 NY2d 908). Defendant failed to join in codefendant’s Batson challenge to the prosecutor’s exercise of a peremptory challenge to a black prospective juror and thus failed to preserve for our review his contention that the court erred in denying that Bat-
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