Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
At trial, the defendant advanced the defense of temporary innocent possession of the gun in question (see, Penal Law § 265.20 [a] [1] [f]; § 25.00 [1]). By means of his own testimony, the testimony of a friend and a statement admitted as a declaration against interest, the defendant asserted that he was given the gun by a friend in Staten Island shortly before his arrest, and that he intended to surrender the...
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