Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence Wallington, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-05-25
Citations: 193 A.D.2d 553
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lawrence Wallington, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 193
Pages: 553–554

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lawrence Wallington, Appellant.
[597 NYS2d 704]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered May 17, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree (two counts) and robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years, 10 to 20 years, and IV2 to &V2 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
A showup identification of defendant two blocks from the crime scene and approximately five minutes after he and two accomplices robbed and almost fatally wounded a store owner was not unduly suggestive (compare, People v Johnson, 81 NY2d 828). The sentence, which is less than the maximum allowed, is not unduly harsh in view of the violent nature of the crime. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ross, Kassal and Nardelli, JJ.