PEOPLE v. RIVERA


184 A.D.2d 153 (1993)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Antonio Rivera, Appellant

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

January 14, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Hsiung of counsel, New York City (Philip L. Weinstein, attorney), for appellant.

Richard Sheridan of counsel, Bronx (Susan L. Valle with him on the brief; Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County, attorney), for respondent.

MILONAS, KUPFERMAN and ROSS, JJ., concur.


SULLIVAN, J. P.

Convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, defendant challenges the sufficiency of proof, specifically citing the gap in the chain of custody between the arresting officer's initial possession of the drugs in question and subsequent vouchering of them at the station house when they were returned to him. The facts are basically uncontroverted...

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