Legal Opinion

People v. McCutcheon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 14, 1986PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jaspan, J.), rendered March 15, 1982, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The defendant was charged with selling cocaine to an undercover police officer on two separate occasions. The defendant raises for the first time on appeal the argument that the cocaine packets should not have been admitted into evidence because the People failed to establish an unbroken chain of possession of the evidence.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  3. People v. PiazzaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Thomas v. AstrueDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
  2. People v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  3. People v. FloresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. People v. MayasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  5. People v. StreeterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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