Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Gonzalez, Also Known as Juan Perez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-12-11
Citations: 168 A.D.2d 283
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Gonzalez, Also Known as Juan Perez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 168
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Gonzalez, Also Known as Juan Perez, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered March 6, 1987, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and sentencing defendant to concurrent prison terms of from 8 to 16 years and 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The hearing court properly found that the complainant's out-of-court identifications of defendant were not unnecessarily suggestive or conducive to mistaken identification. The fact that the photographic array and the photograph of the lineup were apparently lost sometime after trial does not give rise to an inference that the array or lineup was suggestive, since the hearing court had the opportunity to view the photographs and determined that they were not unduly suggestive. (People v Eleby, 137 AD2d 707, lv denied 71 NY2d 1026.)
Contrary to defendant's claim pertaining to the prosecutor's summation, the remarks complained of that there were no other eyewitnesses aside from persons "involved with defendant" are not of such character as would naturally and reasonably be interpreted by the jury as adverse comment on defendant's failure to take the stand. (See, People v Burke, 72 NY2d 833.)
We have considered defendant's other claims and find them to be without merit. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Carro, Milonas and Rubin, JJ.