Opinion
March 28, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.).
The police officer's testimony that he observed defendant engage in three separate hand-to-hand exchanges involving the taking of money and the giving of an unidentified object, and then observed the last buyer, as he walked away from defendant and towards the officer, with a vial of crack between his thumb and index finger, was sufficient to establish probable cause for defendant's arrest and the hearing court properly denied defendant's suppression motion ( see, People v Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761; People v Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88; People v Vasquez, 166 A.D.2d 194, lv denied 77 N.Y.2d 845).
Concur — Milonas, J.P., Ellerin, Wallach, Nardelli and Mazzarelli, JJ.