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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FINLEY MARTIN, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We find that the crack cocaine was properly admitted at trial. The undercover officers who purchased the crack cocaine from the defendant testified that they subsequently placed it in a security envelope, sealed it, signed their initials, and placed the envelope in the evidence locker. The chemist who analyzed the crack cocaine testified that she retrieved the envelope with the seal and the officers' initials intact. Their testimony provided reasonable assurances of the identity of the evidence and that its condition was unchanged (see, People v Julian, 41 N.Y.2d 340; People v Summers, 176 A.D.2d 905; People v Mayas, 137 A.D.2d 836).

Further, contrary to the defendant's protestations, we find that he was afforded meaningful representation (see, People v Ellis, 81 N.Y.2d 854; People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137).

The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit (see, People v Buckley, 75 N.Y.2d 843; People v Tardbania, 72 N.Y.2d 852; People v Hoke, 62 N.Y.2d 1022). Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Pizzuto and Joy, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. MARTIN
(Apr 25, 1994)