PEOPLE v. ARDILA

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

The hearing court had the right to credit the testimony of the police officer that the defendant drove his car through a red traffic light (see, People v Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759; People v Armstead, 98 A.D.2d 726). Under these circumstances, the police stop of the defendant's car was lawful (People v Ingle, 36 N.Y.2d 413; People v Ellis, 62 N.Y.2d 393, 396). The defendant's argument that the police officer was "compelled to fabricate the red light scenario * * * to overcome constitutional objections to his actions" is without any foundation in the record. Indeed, the record indicates that the defendant was given a ticket for going through a red light. Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Lawrence and Kooper, JJ., concur.