People v. Brown

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee White, J.), rendered February 19, 1991, convicting defendant after a jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and sentencing him as a predicate felony offender to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

While an undercover narcotics team had targeted another person in defendant’s location, on the basis of a drug sale, defendant was observed holding a glassine bag of white powder. When defendant was arrested, tin foil packets and vials were recovered from his pocket. Although chemical evidence…