People v. Moore

OPINION OF THE COURT

Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.

Defendant, Frederick Moore, was charged in a felony complaint with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, Penal Law § 265.02, a class D felony.

This case raises issues of the court’s power to dispose of a felony complaint charging an armed felony offense at the misdemeanor level under two separate theories: first, by reduction to a misdemeanor weapons possession charge and second, by a misdemeanor prosecution under the weapons licensing provisions of the Penal Law.

FACTS

The defendant, Frederick Moore, lives in Bucks County,…