Opinion
January 23, 1989
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was arrested shortly after he sold two vials of crack to an undercover officer who then radioed a description of the defendant to a backup team which apprehended him. Approximately an hour later the undercover officer identified the defendant at the police precinct. The defendant argues that both the precinct identification and in-court identification should have been suppressed as a result of the suggestive showup procedure employed by the police. We disagree with the defendant's argument. The undercover officer's viewing of the defendant was for the purpose of assuring that the right man had been arrested and did not constitute an impermissible identification procedure (see, People v Morales, 37 N.Y.2d 262; People v Snow, 128 A.D.2d 564). In addition, the possibility of misidentification was lessened since the undercover officer who made the identification was "`trained to be both accurate and objective in his observations'" (People v Snow, supra, at 564, quoting People v Carolina, 112 A.D.2d 244, 245).
The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that he was prejudiced by the People's attempt to impeach the credibility of a defense witness by introducing extrinsic documentary evidence of a collateral matter (see, People v Alvino, 71 N.Y.2d 233, 247-248; People v Johnson, 144 A.D.2d 490). Moreover, the defense actually assisted with the admission of this evidence by stipulating to its authenticity.
Upon the exercise of our factual review power we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (CPL 470.15). The evidence adduced at trial clearly established that the defendant sold drugs to the undercover officer.
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Bracken, J.P., Rubin, Sullivan and Harwood, JJ., concur.