Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The evidence adduced at the suppression hearing indicates that there was probable cause to stop the vehicle which the defendant was driving since the officer reasonably believed that the defendant failed to signal on a right turn in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1163 (a). Therefore the stop was not, as the defendant argues, a mere pretext (see, People v Wilson,
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