Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim that the Supreme Court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the statutory presumption under Penal Law § 265.15 (3) that the defendant possessed the firearm was rebuttable and to emphasize that the burden of proof remained on the People is without merit. The Supreme Court properly instructed the jury by expressly stating that the burden of proof remained on the People and that the presumption was...
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