PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ


270 A.D.2d 18 (2000)

704 N.Y.S.2d 218

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PEDRO HERNANDEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided March 2, 2000.


Expert testimony concerning the use by drug dealers of hiding places and other means of separating themselves from drugs and buy money was properly admitted. This brief, limited testimony involved matters outside the knowledge of typical jurors, was warranted by the facts, and tended to explain why no physical evidence was recovered from defendant's person (see, People v Kelsey, 194 A.D.2d 248).

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