People v. McIlwain
Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered November 6, 1991, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
We agree with the defendant that the jury’s verdict on the count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree was against the weight of the evidence. Under the circumstances of this case, where the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the robbery and related charges, we find that the People failed to prove that the defendant possessed a knife with the intent to use it unlawfully against another person (see, People v Barlow, 172 AD2d 546; People v Green, 113 AD2d 713). Therefore, the judgment is reversed and the indictment is dismissed. Thompson, J. P., Sullivan, Ritter and Friedmann, JJ., concur.
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