Opinion
February 26, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eng, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
It is fundamental that in order to effectuate a warrantless arrest, the police must have probable cause. While probable cause does not require the same quantum of proof necessary to support a conviction (People v. White, 117 A.D.2d 127, 131), it does require sufficiently specific and detailed description and circumstances that would lead a police officer to reasonably conclude that the defendant was the perpetrator of the crime (see, People v Banks, 208 A.D.2d 759, 760; People v. Dawkins, 163 A.D.2d 322, 324).
We find that under the circumstances, the hearing court properly concluded that the police possessed probable cause to arrest the defendant in connection with an armed robbery (see, People v. Mojica, 171 A.D.2d 698).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contention and find it to be without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., O'Brien, Pizzuto and Goldstein, JJ., concur.