It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25[1]). We reject defendant's contention that County Court erred in admitting in evidence a swab containing DNA. The testimony at trial established that the change in the swab's packaging was not "`a material and prejudicial change in the condition or nature...
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