Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

People v. Stevenson

People v. Stevenson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 7, 1996
225 A.D.2d 323; 638 N.Y.2d 639; 638 N.Y.S.2d 639; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2096
People v. Stevenson

Opinion of the Court

Defendant’s motion to suppress was properly denied upon the ground that the police had probable cause to arrest him once defendant fired a gun at them. With deference to the hearing court’s role in resolving issues of credibility (see, People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761), we find that the officer’s testimony that defendant had fired a gun was not incredible (see, People v Garafolo, 44 AD2d 86, 88). Concur — Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Wallach, Ross and Williams, JJ.

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