Opinion
November 2, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Friedman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We are not persuaded by the defendant's contention that the hearing court should have suppressed physical evidence, statements made to the police, and identification testimony.
The hearing record contains sufficient evidence to support a finding of probable cause. The arresting officer had reasonable cause to believe that the defendant had committed a crime ( see, People v. Bigelow, 66 N.Y.2d 417, 422-423; see also, People v. Jimenez, 187 A.D.2d 610). There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the record is devoid of sufficient evidence to establish the citizen informant's basis of knowledge ( cf., People v. Elwell, 50 N.Y.2d 231, 236-242).
Rosenblatt, J. P., Ritter, Copertino and McGinity, JJ., concur.