Opinion
March 7, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County, Mary McGowan Davis, J., Jay Gold, J.
Under the circumstances, where an undercover officer personally bought illegal drugs from defendant and then radioed a detailed description of defendant to other officers, including the arresting officer, who canvassed the area and arrested defendant soon thereafter within a block of the crime scene, and the undercover police officers then conducted a confirmatory drive-by, probable cause existed for the arrest, and suppression of physical evidence obtained from defendant after said arrest is unwarranted (see, People v. Acevedo, 179 A.D.2d 465, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 996; People v. Rivera, 209 A.D.2d 151).
Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Ross, Asch, Nardelli and Mazzarelli, JJ.