The court properly submitted the "room presumption" to the jury, since there was evidence showing that the drugs were found "under circumstances evincing an intent to unlawfully mix, compound, package or otherwise prepare for sale" such drugs (Penal Law § 220.25 [2] [emphasis supplied]). The People's proof established that the room containing the drugs was located on the floor where an undercover buy had just been made, and that the seller was apprehended as he...
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