Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Smith, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-09-23
Citations: 242 A.D.2d 483
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Smith, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 483–484

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Smith, Appellant.
[662 NYS2d 474]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J., at Wade hearing; Richard Andrias, J., at jury trial), rendered December 16, 1994, convicting defendant of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's motion to suppress identification testimony was properly denied. The prompt, on-the-scene, showup was not unduly suggestive and was not rendered improper by the independent existence of probable cause to arrest (People v Duuvon, 77 NY2d 541).
The evidence was legally sufficient to establish defendant's guilt of robbery in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620). Moreover, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15 [5]). There was ample evidence supporting each element of the crime charged and issues of credibility were properly presented to the jurors, who saw and heard the witnesses and we see no reason to disturb their determination (People v Gaimari, 176 NY 84, 94).
We find that the trial court did not err by denying, without a hearing, defendant's motion to set aside the verdict on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel (CPL 330.30 [1]). Since the motion did not involve conflicting factual averments and could be determined on the trial record taken together with defendant's submissions, a hearing was not required (People v Satterfield, 66 NY2d 796, 799; People v Byrd, 239 AD2d 162). The record, viewed in its entirety, indicates that defendant received effective assistance of counsel (People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137).
We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.