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PEOPLE v. BAEZ

2017-02587, 2020-06459. Ind. No. 326/14.

202 A.D.3d 1102 (2022)

159 N.Y.S.3d 878

2022 NY Slip Op 01170

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Baez, Appellant.

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

Decided February 23, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Sabel , New York, NY ( Harold V. Ferguson, Jr. , of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( Johnnette Traill and Christopher J. Blira-Koessler of counsel), for respondent.

Brathwaite Nelson, J.P., Iannacci, Rivera and Ford, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment and the order are affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620, 621 [1983]), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the chain of custody of certain drugs after they were recovered and vouchered into police custody. The testimony of the police witnesses provided "`reasonable assurances of the identity and unchanged condition...

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