People v. Gabriel

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered January 23, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and 4V2 to 9 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s suppression motion was properly denied. We see no reason to disturb the hearing court’s credibility determinations, which are supported by the record. In light of the…