Legal Opinion

People v. Ceanfuegos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 23, 1995PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Cozier, J.), rendered February 1, 1993, convicting him of a 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’s contention that the prosecution failed to establish a sufficient chain of custody for the narcotics which were admitted into evidence is without merit. It is well settled that "a chain of custody should be tested not by the satisfaction of a technical series of steps, but by whether the proof satisfies…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. People v. LeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. BoydNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. People v. BoydAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  5. People v. StephensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. LathigeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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