Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Phillip James, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-04-29
Citations: 192 A.D.2d 496
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Phillip James, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Phillip James, Appellant.
[597 NYS2d 300]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered September 27, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The show-up identification, obtained 20 minutes after the incident and within 5 or 6 blocks of the subway site of the crime, was not unduly suggestive (People v Love, 57 NY2d 1023; People v Muhammad, 159 AD2d 266, lv denied 76 NY2d 740). Show-up identifications, proximate in time and place to the crime, are deemed trustworthy because the memory of the identifying witness is fresh (People v Logan, 25 NY2d 184, 194, cert denied 396 US 1020). Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Asch and Rubin, JJ.