People v. Brown

237 A.D.2d 221, 655 N.Y.S.2d 940, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2911

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered May 31, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 51/a to 11 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s motion to suppress identification testimony, statements, and physical evidence was properly denied. Probable cause to arrest defendant was provided by a combination of the information provided by the individual found in possession of the fruits of the robbery, the fact that defendant matched the robbery complainant’s description, including a particular hairstyle, and the fact that defendant, in apparent realization of the detective’s identity, fled upon the detective’s initial approach. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Wallach, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.