PEOPLE v. HICKS


301 A.D.2d 538 (2003)

754 N.Y.S.2d 648

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EUGENE HICKS, Appellant.

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

Decided January 13, 2003.


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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