People v. Jenkins

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, ren*736dered May 1, 1973, convicting defendant-appellant, after trial by a jury of possession of a weapon as a felony and possession of a weapon as a misdemeanor and judgment revoking a sentence of probation imposed on a prior plea to attempted possession of a weapon as a felony and resentencing defendant, reversed, on the law, and a new trial directed. The People concede that the trial court committed reversible error in its charge to the jury concerning the statutory presumption of possession of a weapon found in an automobile. They concede also that it…