People v. Ciriaco

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira F. Beal, J., at jury trial; Michael R. Ambrecht, J., at sentence), rendered January 15, 2003, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The People established a proper chain of custody for the drugs recovered from the buyer. Furthermore, the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. The evidence provided reasonable assurances of the identity and unchanged condition of the substance recovered (see…