People v. Jackson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edwards, J.), rendered November 24,1981, convicting defendant of assault in the *649second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent indeterminate terms of from 15 years to life on the assault conviction and from nine years to life on each of the three weapons convictions, unanimously modified, on the law, to dismiss the third count and vacate the sentence thereon and, except as thus modified, affirmed.

With commendable candor, the People point out that criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree based upon possession of a loaded firearm (Penal Law § 265.02 [4]), of which defendant was convicted, is a lesser included offense of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree based upon possession of a loaded firearm “with intent to use the same unlawfully against another” (Penal Law § 265.03), of which he was also convicted, and thus should be dismissed. The other conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, however, is based upon the possession of a defaced weapon and is therefore not a lesser included offense. We modify accordingly.

We have considered defendant’s other arguments and find that they are without merit. Concur — Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Ross, Lynch and Kassal, JJ.