Opinion
August 8, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find unpersuasive the defendant's contention that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him. The hearing testimony demonstrates that a police officer assigned to a rooftop observation post witnessed the defendant engage in the sale of drugs to another individual. The officer communicated the descriptions and locations of the defendant and the buyer to other officers who were part of the arrest team. The buyer was placed under arrest and vials of crack cocaine were recovered from his person. The observing officer and members of the arrest team then pursued the defendant into a building, where the defendant discarded numerous vials of crack cocaine prior to his arrest. We discern no error on the part of the hearing court in crediting this police testimony, and the hearing evidence established that the police had ample probable cause to arrest the defendant (see, People v. Petralia, 62 N.Y.2d 47, cert denied 469 U.S. 852; People v. Williams, 205 A.D.2d 567; People v Carter, 198 A.D.2d 229).
We have considered the defendant's remaining claims of error and find that they are unpreserved for appellate review or do not warrant reversal in view of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt. Sullivan, J.P., Lawrence, Pizzuto and Friedmann, JJ., concur.