People v. Howard

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Farlo, J.), rendered July 1, 1985, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant was arrested after selling two tinfoils of cocaine to an undercover narcotics officer who made the purchase with $10 of prerecorded "buy money”. On appeal, the defendant argues, inter alia, that the People failed to establish a proper chain of custody supporting the admission of the drugs into evidence. We…