... The issue common to these otherwise unrelated criminal appeals is the preservation for this
Court's review of defendants' challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence. ... A grand jury
indicted all three defendants for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. ...
... from the glove compartment. Defendant and the other occupants of the car were
arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree
and unlawful possession of marijuana. At his arraignment the ...
... 464 Kaye Scholer LLP, New York City (David Klingsberg and Max Schwartz of counsel), and
Legal Aid Society, Criminal Practice Division (Steven Banks, Seymour James and Andrew Fine
of counsel), for Legal Aid Society, amicus curiae in the five above-entitled actions. ...