People v. Shaw

— Appeal by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Groh, J.), both rendered December 13, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree under Indictment No. 10235/89, upon a jury verdict, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree under Indictment No. 10007/89, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentences.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

The defendant contends that the People failed to present legally sufficient proof that he possessed 500 milligrams of "pure” cocaine (see, Penal Law…