Opinion
June 3, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J., at suppression hearing; Bonnie Wittner, J., at jury trial and sentence).
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The police had probable cause to arrest defendant on the basis of several hand-to-hand exchanges of objects for money ( People v. Schlaich, 218 A.D.2d 398, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 994), which arrest was further supported by the officers observation of defendant removing a bag of yellow-topped vials from a hidden "stash" ( People v. Jones, 219 A.D.2d 417). We decline to disturb the hearing court's credibility determinations ( see, People v. Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761).
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Ellerin, Nardelli, Tom and Mazzarelli, JJ.