People v. McAuley

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lopez, J.), rendered October 13, 2015, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and unlawful possession of marijuana (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was a passenger in a vehicle in which two canisters containing illegal drugs were present. One canister contained 48 small bags of marijuana, and the other canister contained 26 small…