Legal Opinion
People v. Spence
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 27, 1992PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Friedmann, J.), rendered October 13, 1989, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that expert testimony that the vials seized upon his arrest contained cocaine was inadmissible because there was no independent evidence that the expert made use of comparative samples which constituted a reliable norm (see, People v Miller, 57 AD2d 668). However, this claim has not been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- People v. FloresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. WicksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. De La RosaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. CorchadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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