People v. Figueroa — 192 A.D.2d 618

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bidal Figueroa, Appellant.

[596 NYS2d 732]

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DeLury, J.), rendered May 23, 1991, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, without a hearing, of that branch of the defendant’s omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying, without a hearing, his motion to suppress identification evidence, claiming that the identification was obtained as a result of an arrest made without probable cause. The record clearly establishes that the court properly denied the suppression of the identification evidence without conducting a hearing on the issue (see, CPL 710.60 [1], [3]; People v Rodriguez, 162 AD2d 478 ).

The defendant also objects to various comments made by

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the prosecutor during his summation. Each of the comments which the defendant contests was a fair response to the defense counsel’s summation and constituted fair comment on the evidence (see, People v Ashwal, 39 NY2d 105 ; People v Miller, 143 AD2d 1055 ). Thompson, J. P., Bracken, Eiber and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.

Cases cited

People v. Ashwal 39 NY2d 105 N.Y. 1976-04-01 p. 619
People v. Miller 143 AD2d 1055 N.Y. App. Div. 1988-10-31 p. 619