Legal Opinion
People v. Francis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 1987PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Adler, J.), rendered May 4, 1982, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree and menacing, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The People proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was in possession of an operable .38 caliber revolver. There was expert testimony that, although the weapon’s revolving mechanism was not functioning properly, the weapon could be aligned manually and discharged, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- People v. ElfeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
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