Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, vacating the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
Even if we were to accept the trial court's characterization of the defendant's pretrial statements as being mere "admissions" such that a circumstantial evidence charge might have been appropriate (see...
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