Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reversing the conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, vacating the sentence imposed thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
It is well settled that in order to have a valid accusatory instrument, the instrument must state all the material elements of the offense (see, People v Iannone,
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