Opinion
May 24, 1993
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Boklan, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We agree with the suppression court's conclusion that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant when they observed what appeared to them to be cocaine in plain view (see, People v Coleman, 183 A.D.2d 840; People v Manganaro, 176 A.D.2d 354). The court therefore properly denied that branch of the defendant's motion which was to suppress physical evidence seized in connection with his lawful arrest (see, People v Morris, 193 A.D.2d 819 [decided herewith]).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions including the claim that his sentence is excessive, and find them to be without merit (see, e.g., People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Miller, J.P., O'Brien, Copertino and Joy, JJ., concur.