PEOPLE v. BENNETT (2007)

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Del Giudice, J.), rendered May 25, 2005, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.   The appeal brings up for review the denial, after a hearing, of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

 The police had reasonable suspicion to pursue, stop, and detain the defendant based upon the contents of a police dispatcher's radio broadcast providing a general description of the perpetrator which matched the description of the defendant, the close proximity of the defendant to the site of the crime, and the short passage of time between the commission of the crime and the observation of the defendant (see People v. Gil, 21 A.D.3d 1120, 1121, 803 N.Y.S.2d 634;  People v. Blak, 6 A.D.3d 301, 302, 774 N.Y.S.2d 711;  People v. Holland, 4 A.D.3d 375, 376, 770 N.Y.S.2d 872).   The defendant was found wearing a “Raiders” jacket with a specific emblem on the back, which the radio description indicated the perpetrator was wearing (see People v. Ferguson, 5 A.D.3d 250, 251, 773 N.Y.S.2d 292).   Additionally, the showup procedure, which was conducted in close spatial and temporal proximity to the commission of the crime for the purpose of securing a prompt and reliable identification, was not unduly suggestive (see People v. Duuvon, 77 N.Y.2d 541, 544, 569 N.Y.S.2d 346, 571 N.E.2d 654;  People v. Gilyard, 32 A.D.3d 1046, 821 N.Y.S.2d 461;  People v. Holland, supra).

The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 455 N.Y.S.2d 675).

The defendant's remaining contention does not require a new trial.