People v. Harris
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance (Penal Law § 220.16 [12]). He contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the police chemist’s opinion that the substance seized from him was cocaine. This contention is based on the failure of the chemist to establish the identity of the known standard substance in two tests he performed during *940his analysis. While we agree that the failure to establish the identity of a known standard may render such evidence incompetent (see, e.g., People v…
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