People v. Samuels

Jan 3, 2014
Versions:113 A.D.3d 1117
977 N.Y.S.2d 654
977 N.Y.2d 654

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [2]), defendant contends that Supreme Court erred in denying his request to charge assault in the third degree as a lesser included offense (see generally People v Glover, 57 NY2d 61, 63 [1982]). Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to defendant, as we must (see People v Burnett, 100 AD3d 1561, 1562 [2012]), we reject that contention (see generally People v Freeman, 46 AD3d 1375, 1376 [2007], lv denied 10 NY3d 840 [2008]; People v Saunders, 292 AD2d 780, 780 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 681 [2002]).

Contrary to defendant’s further contention, “the police had reasonable suspicion to stop and detain him for a showup identification procedure based on the totality of the circumstances, including ‘a radio transmission providing a general description of the perpetrator[ ] of [the] crime[,] . . . the . . . proximity of the defendant to the site of the crime, the brief period of time between the crime and the discovery of the defendant near the location of the crime, and the [officer’s] observation of the defendant, who matched the radio-transmitted description’ ” (People v Casillas, 289 AD2d 1063, 1064 [2001], lv denied 97 NY2d 752 [2002]; see People v Bolden, 109 AD3d 1170, 1172 [2013]; People v Knight, 94 AD3d 1527, 1529 [2012], lv denied 19 NY3d 998 [2012]). Also contrary to defendant’s contention, he was not under arrest at the time that he was handcuffed and transported in a police vehicle to the nearby crime scene for a showup identification procedure (see People v Galloway, 40 AD3d 240, 240-241 [2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 844 [2007]; see also People v McCoy, 46 AD3d 1348, 1349 [2007], lv denied 10 NY3d 813 [2008]). Finally, we conclude that “[t]he police had probable cause to arrest defendant after the victim [and a security officer] identified him during the showup identification procedure” (People v Dumbleton, 67 AD3d 1451, 1452 [2009], lv denied 14 NY3d 770 [2010]).

Present—Smith, J.P., Fahey, Lindley, Sconiers and Whalen, JJ.