People v. Smith

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered August 18, 1998, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. There is no reason to disturb the hearing court’s credibility determinations, which are supported by the record (see, People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761). The hearing court properly found that there was a valid vehicle stop based on a…