People v. Brown

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Balter, J), rendered July 13, 2011, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of marijuana in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant was arrested while driving a minivan with a Virginia registration from which police officers recovered a loaded firearm and 16 pounds of marijuana. The police also recovered, from the defendant’s wallet, a…