People v. Colon

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Appellant urges that his conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law, § 265.03) should be reversed because the trial court charged the jury without more that “it is a fundamental rule of evidence that a person is presumed to intend the natural consequences of his acts” (cf. Sandstrom v Montana, 442 US 510). We do not reach his contention that this charge was erroneous inasmuch as the issue has not been preserved for our review (People v Thomas, 50 NY2d 467).

*915When the charge…