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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE DEFENDANT CONSTRUCTIVELY POSSESSED WEAPONS FOUND IN A LOCKED ROOM BELONGING TO DEFENDANT’S DECEASED BROTHER; WEAPONS POSSESSION CONVICTIONS WERE AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing the possession-of-a-weapon convictions, determined the evidence of constructive possession was insufficient and the convictions were therefore against the weight of the evidence:

The evidence demonstrated that the defendant resided in the third bedroom of the searched premises, and that the defendant’s brother had resided in the first bedroom up until his death in 2014 or 2015. There was also testimony that, after the defendant’s brother passed away, the door to the first bedroom was locked and remained locked. There was no evidence that the defendant frequented the first bedroom, had a key to that room or kept his belongings in that room. Although the police witnesses testified that they could not recall any damage to the door to the first bedroom, the defense introduced a photograph depicting damage to the door and frame after the search.

Moreover, although the police officers recovered a magazine containing seven 9 millimeter cartridges from the defendant’s bedroom, the evidence demonstrated that it was not the correct magazine for the pistol recovered from the first bedroom; it had to be manipulated in order to function properly with the pistol. Apart from the magazine, there was no other evidence connecting the defendant to the first bedroom or the weapons found therein. People v Branch, 2020 NY Slip Op 05220,  Second Dept 9-30-20

 

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