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PEOPLE v. MILLER

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Oct 10, 2006
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Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the photo array from which the complainant identified the defendant was not unduly suggestive. A photographic display is suggestive when some characteristic of one picture draws the viewer's attention to it, indicating that the police have made a particular selection ( see People v Wright, 297 AD2d 391; People v Boria, 279 AD2d 585, 586; People v Robert, 184 AD2d 597). An examination of the six-photograph array employed in this case reveals that the defendant's photograph did not have a significantly darker background and there were no other characteristics in the photograph that would draw the viewer's attention to the photograph. Furthermore, the defendant's appearance and facial expression did not differ greatly from those of the men in the other photographs ( see People v Ragunauth, 24 AD3d 472; People v Wright, supra; People v Williams, 289 AD2d 270).