Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Deshard D. Wright, Also Known as Money, Also Known as D., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-02-16
Citations: 269 A.D.2d 829
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Deshard D. Wright, Also Known as Money, Also Known as D., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 829–829

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Deshard D. Wright, Also Known as Money, Also Known as D., Appellant.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[703 NYS2d 786]

Opinion:
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress identification testimony. The People met their initial burden of establishing that the conduct of the police was reasonable and that the photo array was not unduly suggestive, and defendant failed to meet his "ultimate burden of proving that the procedure was unduly suggestive" (People v Chipp, 75 NY2d 327, 335, cert denied 498 US 833; see, People v Bell, 265 AD2d 813). The conviction is supported by legally sufficient evidence and the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Defendant did not preserve for our review his contention that the court erred in failing to consider or grant him youthful offender status (see, People v King, 254 AD2d 814, lv denied 92 NY2d 983; People v Granton, 236 AD2d 624, 625, lv denied 89 NY2d 1012), and we decline to exercise our power to review that contention as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see, CPL 470.15 [6] [a]). (Appeal from Judgment of Oneida County Court, Donalty, J. — Assault, 3rd Degree.) Present — Wisner, J. P., Pigott, Jr., Hurlbutt and Balio, JJ.