PEOPLE v. McKENZIE


67 N.Y.2d 695 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Pierre McKenzie, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith Blumberg for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Michael A. Schwartz and Bruce Allen of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur; Judge HANCOCK, JR., taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant has been convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees. Relying upon Francis v Franklin (471 US ___, 105 S.Ct. 1965), he contends that the statutory presumptions contained in Penal Law § 265.15 (3) and (4), concerning weapon possession and intent to use a weapon unlawfully against another, as well...

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