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The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Triston DOMINICK, appellant.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chun, J.), rendered February 3, 2006, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (two counts), robbery in the third degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and assault in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly admitted a recording of the complainant's 911 emergency call under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. The statement qualified as an excited utterance, as the evidence warranted the conclusion that the complainant was under the influence of the excitement of the incident and lacked the reflective capacity essential for fabrication (see People v. Gantt, 48 A.D.3d 59, 63-64, 848 N.Y.S.2d 156, lv. denied 10 N.Y.3d 765, 854 N.Y.S.2d 327, 883 N.E.2d 1262; People v. Hasan, 17 A.D.3d 482, 795 N.Y.S.2d 242; cf. People v. Johnson, 1 N.Y.3d 302, 306, 772 N.Y.S.2d 238, 804 N.E.2d 402).
The trial court properly admitted, pursuant to CPL 60.25, testimony by a police officer that the complainant positively identified the defendant at a showup on the night of the incident (see People v. Quiles, 198 A.D.2d 448, 448, 604 N.Y.S.2d 154; People v. Hernandez, 154 A.D.2d 197, 200, 552 N.Y.S.2d 649; cf. People v. Quevas, 81 N.Y.2d 41, 45, 595 N.Y.S.2d 721, 611 N.E.2d 760).
Further, the trial court properly denied the defendant's request for a justification charge, as no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant, warranted such a charge (see Penal Law § 35.10[1]; People v. Harris, 48 A.D.3d 830, 851 N.Y.S.2d 366).
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the People were not required to give him notice of an eyewitness's trial identification of his codefendant (see CPL 710.30[1][b] ). Nor is there any merit to the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence photographs of the complainant taken shortly after the incident, as they tended to establish a material element of the crimes charged (see People v. Robinson, 39 A.D.3d 772, 833 N.Y.S.2d 653).
Viewing the evidence, law, and facts of the case in their totality and at the time of the representation, the defendant was afforded meaningful representation (see People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400).
The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review, and in any event, are without merit.
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Decided: July 01, 2008
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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