Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the packet of narcotics purchased by the undercover police officer was inadmissible at trial due to the People's failure to establish an adequate chain of custody is without merit. It is well settled that "a chain of custody should be tested not by the satisfaction of a technical series of steps, but by whether the proof satisfies the rationale for requiring an evidentiary foundation" (People...
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