PEOPLE v. GRAJALES (2006)

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J. Goldberg, J.), rendered May 27, 2004, convicting him of robbery in the first 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 evidence.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

 “In reviewing suppression issues on appeal, great weight must be accorded to the determination of the hearing court, with its particular advantages of having seen and heard the witnesses.   Its determination should not be disturbed unless it is clearly unsupported by the record” (People v. Hines, 18 A.D.3d 882, 883, 796 N.Y.S.2d 652 [internal citations omitted];  see People v. Morrison, 258 A.D.2d 599, 685 N.Y.S.2d 744).   Here, the testimony supported the hearing court's finding that the police lawfully stopped the defendant, pending the showup identification by the complainant, based on a radio transmission from a police sergeant who had spoken to the complainant.

Under the circumstances of this case, the prosecution discharged its statutory obligation to provide notice of intent to offer identification testimony at trial (see CPL 710.30;  People v. Simmons, 221 A.D.2d 484, 485, 633 N.Y.S.2d 582;  People v. Mata, 220 A.D.2d 693, 632 N.Y.S.2d 652).   The Supreme Court therefore correctly denied the defendant's motion to preclude identification testimony that was offered at trial (see People v. Simmons, supra ).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.