Opinion
November 10, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County, Murray Mogel, J., Edwin Torres, J.
The factual findings of a suppression court are entitled to great deference (People v Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761). The testimony of the officer that he saw the gun from a distance of one car length when defendant lifted his shirt was not "`manifestly untrue, physically impossible, contrary to experience, or self-contradictory'" (People v Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88), since it was not beyond belief that defendant would lift his shirt either to secure or remove the gun or accidently do so while checking to see that the gun was hidden from view. Any discrepancies appear due to errors in transcription of the minutes as is evident from the balance of the record.
There is also no showing of abuse by the hearing court in refusing to order the People to produce the gun at the suppression hearing or delay the hearing until its production since there was an adequate record upon which to make the necessary findings (cf., People v Prochilo, supra). Nor has defendant shown prejudice regarding the late disclosure of certain Rosario material to warrant a de novo suppression hearing (see, People v Martinez, 71 N.Y.2d 937, 940).
Concur — Carro, J.P., Ellerin, Asch and Rubin, JJ.