People v. Valez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J., at denial of Frye hearing; Martin Rettinger, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered October 29, 1998, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no reason to disturb the jury’s determination to credit the testimony of the police chemist that the color tests and confirmatory…