Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The "ghost" undercover officer's radio transmission to the backup officer, stating that the undercover officer he was ghosting had made a "positive buy" and giving the descriptions of two persons, clearly implied that those two persons, one of whom was defendant, had participated in the sale (see,People v. Ketcham, 93 N.Y.2d 416, 419-420; People v. Mims, 88 N.Y.2d 99, 113-4; see also, People v. Fisher, A.D.2d 704 N.Y.S.2d 246; People v. Vestal, A.D.2d 705 N.Y.S.2d 37). The additional information in the radio message, that the described persons were running after the undercover officer, had caught up with him, and were questioning him, did not create any ambiguity as to whether those persons were the sellers. On the contrary, it introduced an element of urgency, since the reasonable implication was that the sellers posed a threat to the undercover officer's safety.
Defendant also received "meaningful representation" at trial (see,People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708). Any application to reopen the suppression hearing based upon subsequent trial evidence would not have resulted in suppression and the absence of such a motion did not prejudice the defense or defendant's right to a fair trial (see, People v. Hobot, 84 N.Y.2d 1021, 1024). The mere fact that additional evidence of probable cause to arrest defendant subsequently came out at trial in no way undermines the hearing court's prior conclusion that the ghost's radio transmission provided ample probable cause for defendant's arrest.
The court's imposition of a consecutive sentence for defendant's violation of probation was a proper exercise of discretion. Defendant's claim that the court employed improper criteria in imposing this sentence is unpreserved (see, People v. Hurley, 75 N.Y.2d 887) and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to do so, we would find that the sentence was properly imposed (see, People v. Pena, 50 N.Y.2d 400, 411-412, cert denied 449 U.S. 1087).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.