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People v. Martin

59 A.D.2d 749 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1977-10-17 English

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Horace Martin, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered July 29, 1976, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. On this record, the proof was insufficient to establish appellant’s possession, either actual, constructive or accessorial, of a loaded firearm (see ’ Penal Law, §§ 10.00, subd 8; 20.00, 265.03; People v Torres, 45 AD2d 1042 ; People v Ledyard, 32 Mise 2d 714). Damiani, J. P., Shapiro, Mollen and O’Connor, JJ., concur.