Legal Opinion

People v. William

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided March 5, 2002PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Judgment of conviction unanimously affirmed.

The appeal from the judgment of conviction brings up for review the lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss the information which charged defendant with criminal posses*294sion of a “gravity knife” in violation of Penal Law § 265.01 (1) (People v William, 188 Misc 2d 869).

In our opinion, the lower court correctly concluded that the information need not contain language that the “gravity knife” fulfilled the definition set forth in Penal Law § 265.00 (5) or that it was operational. Although proof of same may…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. CaseyNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. People v. WilliamCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2001

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. PestanaCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2003
  2. People v. CobbCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2003
  3. People v. DreydenAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2009
  4. People v. IoannidisCriminal Court of the City of New York · 2006

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