Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the substance admitted into evidence, which was found to contain cocaine, was inadmissible because the People failed to establish a continuous chain of custody after its purchase (seizure). However, both the undercover officer who received the narcotics from the defendant and the chemist who analyzed the narcotics identified them from their respective notations on the packaging. The officer testified...
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