PEOPLE v. OSORIO


75 N.Y.2d 80 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mauricio Osorio, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Thomas Farber and Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


SIMONS, J.

Defendant has been convicted of criminal possession of a weapon, third degree (Penal Law § 265.02 [4]). He contends the judgment must be reversed because it is based upon the statutory presumption of possession arising from his presence in an automobile and the court erroneously prevented him from presenting evidence to rebut the presumption (see, Penal Law § 265.15 [3]). The evidence...

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