What is the test for heroin possession in the seventh degree?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Matozzo, 2015 NY Slip Op 50560 (U) (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 2015):

4.The court notes that there is no laboratory report accompanying the charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree confirming that the recovered substance was indeed heroin.

5. People v. Molineaux, 168 NY 264, 61 N.E. 286 (1901)

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