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PEOPLE v. SNYDER

73 N.Y.2d 900 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jon Snyder, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wayne Rude Snyder, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvatore D. Ferlazzo, Stephen R. Coffey and Thomas J. DiNovo for appellants.

Michael A. West, District Attorney (Kent J. Gebert of counsel), for respondent.

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

MEMORANDUM.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We agree with the Appellate Division that there was no reasonable view of the evidence under which the jury could have found defendants' possession of the weapon to be innocent. Accordingly, defendants were not entitled to the instructions for temporary lawful possession and cannot now complain about the substance of the court's charge to the jury...

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