PEOPLE v. STEVENS


186 A.D.2d 419 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Terrance Stevens, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 13, 1992


In this "buy and bust" drug prosecution, defendant's contention that the contraband was improperly admitted into evidence because the People failed to establish a continuous unbroken chain of custody is devoid of merit. A review of the evidence adduced at trial, including the testimony and documentation offered by the People, provided the requisite "`reasonable assurances of the identity and unchanged condition'" of the heroin purchased from the defendant by the undercover...

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