While the evidence supporting each defendant's conviction of criminal possession of a weapon was overwhelming, the evidence of offering a false instrument for filing (Penal Law § 175.35) was legally insufficient. The evidence established that, with intent to escape corruptly liability for possession of a weapon, defendants induced a coconspirator to retain an attorney and to advise this attorney of his desire to confess sole responsibility for the weapon that defendants...
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