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THE PEOPLE, ETC., respondent, v. VICENTE PARIS, appellant. JOSEPH A. VITA, PORT CHESTER, N.Y., for appellant.

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in determining that there was an independent source for the victim's in-court identification of the defendant as his robber and attacker. An in-court identification of a defendant by an eyewitness is proper, notwithstanding unduly suggestive pretrial identification procedures, where it is based upon the eyewitness's independent observation of the defendant ( see People v. Cotto, 268 A.D.2d 441; People v. Brown, 187 A.D.2d 662). The victim had a clear and unobstructed view of the defendant before he entered the car in question and while he was sitting in the rear of the car, under well-lit conditions, for a lengthy period of time during the commission of the crime. As such, the Supreme Court correctly determined that there was an independent source for the identification ( see People v. Brown, 293 A.D.2d 686).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.

RITTER, J.P., S. MILLER, ADAMS and COZIER, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. PARIS
(Dec 29, 2003)