Opinion
December 29, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County, Kubiniec, J.
Present — Callahan, J.P., Pine, Fallon, Doerr and Davis, JJ.
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The record reveals that defendant was afforded a Spanish language interpreter during the plea proceeding and knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived her right to appeal (see, People v Callahan, 80 N.Y.2d 273, 283; People v Seaberg, 74 N.Y.2d 1, 11). Defendant raises no issues that survive the effective waiver. In any event, defendant's assertion that defendant's suppression motion was improperly denied is without merit. Defendant was arrested based upon information supplied by a confidential informant. The informant admitted to past criminal dealings with defendant and the officers were able to corroborate the informant's statements with their own observations of the vehicle in which defendant was traveling at the time of her arrest. The informant was therefore sufficiently reliable to give the police probable cause to arrest defendant near the scene of the "buy-bust" operation (see, People v Colon, 186 A.D.2d 443, 444, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 787).