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DRUG FACTORY JURY INSTRUCTION NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined the evidence was not sufficient to support the “drug factory” jury instruction:

The court’s jury instruction on the drug factory presumption of Penal Law § 220.25(2) was improper. The statutory presumption “does not require that mixing or compounding paraphernalia be found on the premises” … . However, where, as here, the quantity of drugs found does not show “circumstances evincing an intent to unlawfully mix, compound, package, or otherwise prepare for sale” … , giving the drug factory charge is unwarranted. Here, the officers recovered approximately one gram of crack cocaine divided between 26 “twists.” The fact that a larger bag contained individual twists was not a sufficient basis for the trial court to employ the drug factory presumption … . The presence of an unspecified, untested, white residue on a kitchen counter does not justify the charge, where such is equally consistent with the residue left by household cooking and cleaning products. People v Johnson, 2018 NY Slip Op 02879, First Dept 4-26-18

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