People v. Burgess
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Owens, J.), rendered April 20, 1982, convicting him of attempted
Judgment affirmed.
The sole issue raised by defendant is the credibility of the arresting officer during the suppression hearing. The hearing court (Felig, J.) credited the testimony of the arresting officer and found that there was probable cause to arrest defendant. Upon a review of the record we find no reason to overturn that determination. "Issues of credibility are primarily for the hearing court and its findings should be upheld unless they are clearly erroneous” (People v Armstead, 98 AD2d 726). Brown, J. P., Rubin, Lawrence and Kooper, JJ., concur.
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