Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Upon our review of the record, we find that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant on the basis of the identification by an eyewitness of the defendant as one of the perpetrators of a robbery. The courts have generally held that "information provided by an identified citizen accusing another individual of a specific crime is legally sufficient to provide the police with probable cause to arrest" (People v Phillips...
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