Weinstein, J. (dissenting). Notwithstanding the majority’s attempt to characterize witness Astacio’s testimony as “resemblance” rather than “identification” testimony, I am of the view that defendant was deprived of a fair trial by the court’s permitting Astacio to give a detailed description of the perpetrator after having suppressed that witness’ pretrial and in-court identifications as totally unreliable (see, People v Ada…
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