Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Miguel Jaime, Also Known as Jaime Miguel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-01-30
Citations: 157 A.D.2d 618
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Miguel Jaime, Also Known as Jaime Miguel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 618–618

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Miguel Jaime, Also Known as Jaime Miguel, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered July 7, 1988, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 110.00, 160.10), for which he was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender to a sentence of incarceration of seven years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Within minutes of a robbery the complainant, accompanied by police officers, pursued the assailants into a subway station where he pointed to the defendant, identifying him as one of the men who had robbed him. A search of the defendant following his arrest revealed a pair of sunglasses.
Defendant contends that his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him (US Const 6th Amend) was violated by the People's failure to call the complainant as a witness at the combined Wade-Mapp hearing. We first note that the defendant failed to make an objection at the hearing and thus did not preserve this question for judicial review. (CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Tutt, 38 NY2d 1011 [1976].)
Nevertheless, the contention lacks merit. The complainant's identification of the defendant was spontaneous and devoid of the suggestiveness which may accompany police-orchestrated identification procedures. (People v Logan, 25 NY2d 184, 193 [1969].) No absolute right exists to compel the People to call the complainant to testify at a Wade hearing. (People v Peterkin, 151 AD2d 407 [1st Dept 1989]; People v Tweedy, 134 AD2d 467, 468 [2d Dept 1987].) Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Smith and Rubin, JJ.