Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dante Matthews, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-10-19
Citations: 77 A.D.3d 493
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dante Matthews, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 493–494

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Dante Matthews, Appellant.
[908 NYS2d 583]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene D. Goldberg, J.), rendered October 25, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of grand larceny in the fourth degree (four counts), criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (four counts), petit larceny (two counts) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. The officer's testimony and the reasonable inferences that may be drawn therefrom were sufficient to satisfy the People's minimal burden of producing some proof of the circumstances of the identification procedure (see People v Ortiz, 90 NY2d 533, 538 [1997]). In any event, any error in admitting identification testimony by the witness at issue was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt. Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.