PEOPLE v. TIRADO


267 A.D.2d 95 (1999)

700 N.Y.S.2d 135

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD TIRADO, Appellant.

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

Decided December 14, 1999.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence. The People established a chain of custody sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that the glassine envelope introduced into evidence was the one that was sold to the undercover officer, and the alleged defects in the chain of custody went to the weight of this evidence and not its admissibility (see, People v Julian, 41 N.Y.2d 340). The evidence permitted a reasonable inference...

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