Opinion
Argued September 30, 1999
February 10, 2000
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Orgera, J.), rendered May 13, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts), after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence. The appeal brings up for review the denial, without a hearing, of that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress identification testimony.
M. Sue Wycoff, New York, N.Y. (Amy Donner of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Frank L. Perrone, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.
DANIEL W. JOY, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Resolution of issues of credibility, as well as the weight to be accorded to the evidence presented, are primarily questions to be determined by the trier of fact, who saw and heard the witnesses (see, People v. Gaimari, 176 N.Y. 84, 94 ). Its determination should be accorded great weight on appeal and should not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record (see, People v. Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88 ). Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15[5]).
The defendant's claim that the court improperly denied his motion to preclude the identification testimony without a hearing is without merit inasmuch as the People established that the identification of the defendant was confirmatory (see, People v. Wharton, 74 N.Y.2d 921, 922-923 ).