Legal Opinion

People v. Jones

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 27, 2016Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Collini, J.), rendered December 12, 2012, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

To the extent the defendant contends that the People did not present legally sufficient evidence that the gun he was charged with having possessed was operable, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620 [1983]), we find that the evidence was legally sufficient to…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. People v. BleakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  5. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006

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