People v. Rivera

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered April 19, 1976, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. While we would have preferred it if a Wade hearing had been held, the expertise of a police officer in identification situations has been judicially recognized (see People v Morales, 37 NY2d 262 ; People v Rivera, 30 AD2d 692 ). Upon the record in this case, we find no prejudice to defendant on the identification issue raised by him. Martuscello, J. P., Latham, Shapiro and O’Connor, JJ., concur.