People v. Ortega

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Monroe, J.), rendered September 3, 1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of two counts of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. H Defendant was indicted on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, the first count pertaining to a handgun, the second to a sawed-off .22 caliber rifle. In addition, defendant was indicted on three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, in violation of section 265.02 of the Penal Law. Specifically, the fourth and fifth…