People v. Lynch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Doerr, J.
The question presented on this appeal is whether the testimony of drug users who purchased the substances from defendant is sufficient as a matter of law to prove that the substances sold were controlled substances.
*127Defendant was convicted of multiple counts of criminal sale of marihuana and criminal sale of a controlled substance (phencyclidine). Since the investigation which led to defendant’s indictment was an ongoing one and the sales were to persons who purchased the drugs for their own use or resale, the police were not able to confiscate each substance…
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