Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
The hearing court's determination of credibility is entitled to great weight and should not be disturbed on appeal absent compelling reasons. No evidence was presented to contradict the officer's account of the events leading up to defendant's arrest, and his testimony was not inherently improbable or unreliable (see, People v Carter,
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