People v. Andrews

Appeal by the defendant from *769a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Slavin, J.), rendered June 1, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was found in an apartment just a few feet outside a room containing more than two ounces of cocaine in plain view. Also present in the room were a triple beam scale, numerous empty vials, and plastic envelopes.

The trial court was correct in charging the statutory presumption of knowing possession pursuant…