Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the defendant contends that the initial stop by the police officer was improper because a traffic violation was merely used as a pretext to investigate unrelated activities. The hearing court credited the uncontradicted testimony of the police officer that the vehicle was stopped for driving at an excessive rate of speed for the prevailing conditions in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1180 (a) (see<...
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