People v. Snow
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a non-jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees. Defendant contends that Supreme Court erred in failing to inform him before summations that it would consider the presumption of knowing possession set forth in Penal Law § 220.25 (2). We disagree. The court in a bench trial is not required to inform the parties of the legal principles it will consider. In any event, even assuming, arguendo, that the court erred, any error was harmless because defendant has not shown that…
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