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PEOPLE v. WHITEHEAD

NO. 18

29 N.Y.3d 956 (2017)

73 N.E.3d 842

51 N.Y.S.3d 486

2017 NY Slip Op 02358

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NORMAN WHITEHEAD, JR., Also Known as NORM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided March 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hug Law, PLLC, Albany ( Matthew C. Hug of counsel), for appellant.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Lisa E. Fleischmann , Barbara D. Underwood and Nikki Kowalski of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA and WILSON concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed.

We reject defendant's claim that the evidence was not legally sufficient to support his convictions. Although the People did not recover or introduce any of the cocaine that defendant was charged with possessing, "direct evidence in the form of contraband or other physical evidence is...

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