Opinion
Argued November 17, 2000.
December 6, 2000.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Dowling, J.), rendered March 29, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Louis R. Rosenthal, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Eric Nelson and David Schwartz), for appellant.
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Cynthia Kean of counsel), for respondent.
Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly admitted evidence that the defendant's authorization to possess a weapon was terminated by the New York City Department of Corrections in August 1997. Such evidence was probative of the defendant's unlawful possession of a weapon, an element of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (see, Penal Law § 265.03; People v. Satiro, 72 N.Y.2d 821; People v. Alvino, 71 N.Y.2d 233; People v. Herrera, 191 A.D.2d 585).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.