The court properly charged the "automobile presumption" (Penal Law § 265.15 [3]), which presumes possession of a firearm by all occupants of a vehicle "except * * * (a) if such weapon * * * is found upon the person of one of the occupants therein", where, immediately before the arrest, the weapon was in the possession of the codefendant, whereupon defendant and the codefendant both attempted to hide it. "[W]here the officer does not observe the weapon in the exclusive...
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