People v. Sterling

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered November 17, 1987, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, who was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, interposed the defense that his possession of the weapon was temporary and lawful. We conclude that the trial court’s charge on this statutory defense (Penal Law § 25.00 [1]), viewed in its entirety, properly conveyed the relevant…