Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
After the defendant was arrested in connection with a buy-and-bust operation, the police recovered 14 glassine envelopes containing heroin from his person. The defendant contends that expert testimony offered by the People at trial invaded the jury's exclusive province of determining an ultimate issue of fact. We disagree. The trial court properly allowed the detective, a qualified narcotics expert, to offer his opinion that...
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