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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LARRY TOMILIN, Also Known as LARRY TOMLIN, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We reject the defendant's contention that the prosecution failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that an independent source existed sufficient to sustain an in-court identification by the complainant not tainted by the on-the-scene showup. At the Wade hearing, the complainant testified that he saw the defendant twice on the date of the incident. The first time he saw the defendant, he observed him for about two minutes under well-lit conditions, separated only by the counter behind which the complainant was working. The second time he observed the defendant was at the time of the robbery, which lasted about five minutes under the same lighting conditions. The complainant was separated from the defendant by a distance of only about 15 feet. In view of this uncontradicted testimony, the record supports the court's finding of an adequate independent source for the complainant's in-court identification (see, Matter of Michael J., 117 A.D.2d 602; People v Smalls, 112 A.D.2d 173). Mangano, J.P., Niehoff, Kooper and Spatt, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. TOMILIN
(Jun 29, 1987)