People v. Tavares

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edgar Walker, J.), rendered March 15, 2011, as amended June 2, 2011, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts each of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The evidence provided reasonable assurances of the identity and unchanged condition of the illegal substances recovered (see People v Julian, 41 NY2d 340, 343 [1977]), including proof of police control over the drugs (see People v Cortijo, 251 AD2d 256 [1st Dept 1998], lv denied…