Opinion
2013-12-5
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Gregory MARTIN, Defendant–Respondent.
Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Orrie A. Levy of counsel), for appellant. Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Svetlana M. Kornfeind of counsel), and White & Case LLP, New York (Kimberly A. Haviv of counsel), for respondent.
Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Orrie A. Levy of counsel), for appellant. Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Svetlana M. Kornfeind of counsel), and White & Case LLP, New York (Kimberly A. Haviv of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Patricia Anne Williams, J.), entered on or about September 21, 2012, which granted defendant's motion to suppress physical evidence and statements, unanimously affirmed.
There is no basis for disturbing the credibility determinations upon which the court granted suppression. “[T]he determination of the hearing court, which actually saw and heard the witnesses testify, is entitled to deference, and it is not our practice to substitute our own fact findings for those under review unless the latter are plainly unjustified or clearly erroneous” (People v. Greene, 84 A.D.3d 540, 541, 921 N.Y.S.2d 854 [1st Dept.2011][internal quotation marks omitted] ). MAZZARELLI, J.P., SWEENY, DeGRASSE, FREEDMAN, GISCHE, JJ., concur.