Criminal Law · MBE-tested

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jessie J. Cooper, Appellant

59 A.D.3d 1051872 N.Y.S.2d 344·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·2009·NY

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Opinion

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jessie J. Cooper, Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.) [872 NYS2d 344] [MAJORITY] Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Patricia D. Marks, J.), rendered September 15, 2003. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and on the law by reversing that part convicting defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and dismissing the second count of the indictment and as modified the judgment is affirmed. Same memorandum as in People v Cooper (59 AD3d 1052 [2009]). Present—Centra, J.P., Peradotto, Green and Pine, JJ.