PEOPLE v. VASTOLA


70 A.D.2d 918 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Louis Vastola, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 11, 1979


Judgment modified, on the facts, by reversing the conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and the sentence imposed thereon, and the said count is dismissed. As so modified, judgment affirmed.

The People failed to establish the defendant's guilt of the weapons possession count beyond a reasonable doubt. Where a gun is found in an area occupied by several people and where no one individual could be said to have dominion and control of the...

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