Opinion
December 9, 1975
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, rendered September 6, 1973, convicting the defendant, after a jury trial, of possession of a weapon as a felony and sentencing defendant to an indeterminate term of from two and a third to seven years, unanimously modified, on the law, on the consent of the People, by reducing the conviction for possession of a weapon as a felony to one for possession of a weapon as a misdemeanor, and the sentence modified to time served, and otherwise affirmed. It was not shown that the .22 calibre shell found in the defendant's possession was capable of discharging the gun found in his possession. In view of the fact that defendant's possession of the gun was proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the reduction of the conviction under subdivision 2 of section 265.05 Penal of the Penal Law to one under subdivision 3 of section 265.05 Penal of the Penal Law is warranted. (People v Garcia, 46 A.D.2d 611.) In the ordinary course, with this modification the matter would be remanded for a resentence in accordance herewith. However, defendant having already served more than two years, and the sentence for violation of subdivision 3 of section 265.05 Penal of the Penal Law being no more than one year, it is appropriate to reduce the sentence to time served.
Concur — Stevens, P.J., Kupferman, Murphy, Lupiano and Capozzoli, JJ.