Opinion
April 26, 1993
Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (Schindler, J.).
Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The sole contention raised on this appeal is that the finding of the Family Court was against the weight of the evidence. We are satisfied that it was not (see, CPL 470.15). The court heard conflicting accounts of the appellant's role in a crack cocaine sale from both the appellant and the undercover narcotics officer who had dealt with him. The officer ultimately purchased the drugs from another person, who was also apprehended. The Family Court expressly found the officer to be credible and the appellant not to be credible. Great deference should be accorded to the Family Court's determinations in assessing credibility and resolving disputed questions of fact (Matter of Judah J., 182 A.D.2d 621; Matter of Nikim A., 179 A.D.2d 638; Matter of Jamal V., 159 A.D.2d 507). Further, the decision of the Family Court is accorded the same weight as that given to a jury verdict (see, People v Carter, 63 N.Y.2d 530; Matter of Jamal V., supra). We find nothing in the record which so clearly undermines the account of the transaction provided by the undercover officer that the Family Court's findings of fact must be overturned. Eiber, J.P., O'Brien, Ritter and Copertino, JJ., concur.