PEOPLE v. LAWS

The verdict was neither based on insufficient evidence nor was it against the weight of the evidence and the prosecution met its burden of proving that defendant knew he possessed an aggregate weight of four ounces of cocaine, through evidence that defendant had handled the substance which weighed over six ounces ( People v. Ryan, 82 N.Y.2d 497, 505), thus permitting the jury to draw the rational inference that defendant knew the quantity of the drugs he possessed ( see, People v. Reisman, 29 N.Y.2d 278, 285-288, cert denied 405 U.S. 1041).

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Wallach, Ross, Williams and Tom, JJ.