People v. Snyder

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We agree with the Appellate Division that there was no reasonable view of the evidence under which the jury could have found defendants’ possession of the weapon to be innocent. Accordingly, defendants were not entitled to the instructions for temporary lawful possession and cannot now complain about the substance of the court’s charge to the jury.

Defendants, two brothers, wrested a loaded pistol from Bruce Van Allen while assaulting him during an altercation outside a bar. They then walked to their nearby…