People v. Caldwell

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered January 15, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

*761At the time that the People called the police chemist to the stand, the trial court advised the jury in relevant part that "[y]ou don’t have to automatically accept the opinion of an expert. You can reject it, if there’s a reason in the record to do that.” Defendant contends that this…