| People v De La Rosa |
| 2013 NY Slip Op 01998 [104 AD3d 571] |
| March 26, 2013 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Angel De La Rosa, Appellant. |
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Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Beth Fisch Cohen of counsel), for
respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Stolz, J., at suppression hearing; Daniel P. FitzGerald, J., at plea; Charles Solomon, J., at sentencing), rendered September 22, 2009, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of nine months, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. There is no basis for disturbing the court's credibility determinations (see People v Prochilo, 41 NY2d 759, 761 [1977]). The court, which had the unique opportunity to see and hear the witnesses, credited testimony that the police made a lawful traffic stop, smelled marijuana through the car window, and saw cocaine in open view. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Sweeny, Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels and Román, JJ.