Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philippe Dure, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1984-06-18
Citations: 102 A.D.2d 873
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Philippe Dure, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 873–873

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Philippe Dure, Appellant.

Opinion:
— Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Shaw, J.), rendered June 2, 1980, convicting him of murder in the second degree and five counts of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. 11 Judgment affirmed. 11 On April 22,1979, an armed robbery took place at the Silhouette Lounge, located on Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, during the course of which an employee was fatally shot. 11 On this appeal, defendant contends, among other things, that his guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt because the evidence concerning identification consisted of testimony by a police detective as to a prior identification made by an eyewitness. We disagree. H First, there can be no question but that the detective's testimony was properly received. Once the eyewitness testified that she had observed the perpetration of the crime and had made a positive identification of the defendant at a subsequent time but could not identify the defendant at trial on the basis of her present recollection, testimony establishing that the defendant was the person she had identified was admissible (CPL 60.25; People v Lagaña, 36 NY2d 71; People v Nival, 33 NY2d 391, app dsmd 417 US 903; People v Ponton, 90 AD2d 799). While this was the only identification evidence at trial, it constitutes "evidence in chief" (CPL 60.25, subd 2) and "substantive evidence of identification" (Richardson, Evidence [Prince, 10th ed], § 521, p 514; see, also, CPL 1.20, subd 40; United States v Lewis, 565 F2d 1248,1252, cert den 435 US 973). As such, it is sufficient to support the jury's verdict (People v Gruttola, 43 NY2d 116, 122; People v Joyiens, 39 NY2d 197, 203; People v Walker, 96 AD2d 1108). H The other issues tendered by defendant are clearly without merit and do not warrant discussion. Mollen, P. J., Titone, Lazer and Thompson, JJ., concur.