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Show-Up Identification Should Have Been Suppressed—Defendant Was Only Person In the Street, Was In Hand-Cuffs, and Was Surrounded by Police

The Second Department determined the complainant’s in-court and pre-trial identification of the defendant should have been suppressed. After the complainant identified the defendant in the show-up, the complainant told the police all the burglars were wearing masks.  The error, however, was deemed harmless.  Probable cause to arrest the defendant existed prior to the show-up:

Here, the hearing testimony demonstrated not only that the perpetrators’ faces were covered during the entire time the complainant was with them, but also that the only description the complainant had previously provided to the police was that the perpetrators were black males. Under these circumstances, it cannot be said that the complainant’s pretrial and in-court identification of the defendant was not founded on the fact that the defendant was the only person standing in the street, in handcuffs, surrounded by the police with high-beam headlights shining on his face, during the showup proceeding … . Nevertheless, the error in admitting this identification evidence at trial was harmless since the other evidence of the defendant’s guilt, including oral and written statements he gave to the police admitting to his participation in the burglary, was overwhelming, and there is no reasonable possibility that the error might have contributed to his conviction … . People v Williams, 2015 NY Slip Op 03390, 2nd Dept 4-22-15

 

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