People v. AbDalla

OPINION OF THE COURT

Heidi C. Cesare, J.

The defendant, Omar Abdalla, is charged in a two count information with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 265.01 [2]) (count one) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree (Penal Law § 220.03) (count two). Defendant moves pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law §§ 100.40 and 170.30 to dismiss count one as facially insufficient.

Defendant contends that count one is facially insufficient because it fails to sufficiently allege that (1) the knife defendant possessed was a “dangerous knife” and (2)…