Defendant was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree based on the elements of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, elevated to the present charged felony due to a prior conviction of attempted robbery in the second degree. His contention that the jury instructions failed to provide any definition of the phrase "dangerous instrument" is unpreserved (see People v Dekle,
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