Legal Opinion

People v. Delvas

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

Decided March 9, 1992PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Delin, J.), rendered October 3, 1986, 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 contends that the People failed to prove his guilt of criminal possession of a weapon beyond a reasonable doubt because the evidence presented at trial rebutted the statutory presumption concerning possession of a firearm in an automobile (Penal Law § 265.15 [3]). However, viewing the evidence in the light most…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. LemmonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. HutchensonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. People v. TerryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  5. People v. CullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. TuttAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People v. McFaddenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  3. In re Marcellius H. R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  4. People v. ChenevertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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