Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Wilson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-02-26
Citations: 86 A.D.2d 957
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Wilson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 86
Pages: 957–958

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Joseph Wilson, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: On appeal from his conviction of criminal possession of a forged instrument, second degree (Penal Law, § 170.25) arising from an attempt to obtain drugs with a forged prescription, defendant urges that, due to the People's failure to serve a CPL 710.30 notice, the court erred in admitting the in-court identification testimony of Waterbury, the pharmacist involved in the transaction. Waterbury, the only identification witness aside from the accomplice, had previously identified defendant from a photographic array and at the preliminary hearing. The People, in response to defendant's discovery demands, had stated: "One witness made a pretrial identification through the use of photographs