People v. Howard

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered October 15, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 7V2 to 15 years and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict regarding the second-degree weapon possession count was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Possession of an unlicensed, loaded firearm is presumptive evidence of intent to use it unlawfully against another (Penal Law §…