Opinion
February 25, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County, Altman, J., Bradley, J.
The testimony at the suppression hearing was not "inherently incredible or improbable" (People v Samuels, 68 A.D.2d 663, 666, affd 50 N.Y.2d 1035, cert denied 449 U.S. 984) or "manifestly erroneous" or "plainly unjustified by the evidence" (People v Garafolo, 44 A.D.2d 86, 88). Findings of credibility by the hearing court are entitled to great deference on appeal (People v Samuels, supra). Further, the arrest, supported by probable cause, was not a sham, nor could it be made so because the police also hoped to obtain other information from defendant with respect to another crime. (People v Cypriano, 73 A.D.2d 902.)
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Ellerin and Ross, JJ.