People v. Matos

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Felice Shea, J.), rendered November 17, 1995, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Testimony from the first chemist who analyzed the cocaine was not necessary to establish its identity and integrity, since this was established by the testimony of the police officer who…