Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was a passenger in a vehicle that was lawfully stopped for Vehicle and Traffic Law infractions. The officer who stopped the vehicle had the discretionary authority to order the defendant out of the vehicle on that basis alone (see People v Robinson,
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