People v. Linyear

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered May 11, 2004, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court providently exercised its discretion in precluding the defendant from entering into evidence a notarized, written statement of a nontestifying third party, who stated that the controlled…