PEOPLE v. REED


44 N.Y.2d 799 (1978)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kenneth Joseph Reed, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie R. Lewis for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney (Melissa L. Campbell of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in a memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order appealed from should be affirmed. Defendant contends that due to the prior inadvertent destruction by the police of the substance which formed the basis of his conviction for criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fourth degree, the prosecution should have been precluded from proffering testimony as to the nature and amount of that substance. We disagree.

Defendant's argument is based...

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