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DEFENDANT PLED GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A GRAVITY KNIFE WHICH WAS DE-CRIMINALIZED SHORTLY THEREAFTER; CONVICTION REVERSED IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE WITH THE PEOPLE’S CONSENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in the interest of justice and as a matter of discretion, with the People’s consent, reversed defendant’s conviction of possession of a gravity knife, which was de-criminalized shortly after the conviction:

On November 29, 2018, during his plea allocution to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (see Penal Law §§ 110.00, 265.02[1]), the defendant admitted that on or about January 9, 2018, he attempted to possess a gravity knife. On January 31, 2019, pursuant to his negotiated plea agreement, the defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 1½ to 3 years.

The defendant contends that the judgment of conviction should be reversed because, inter alia, shortly after his conviction, Penal Law § 265.01(1) was amended to decriminalize the simple possession of a gravity knife. The People, in the exercise of their broad prosecutorial discretion, agree that the judgment should be vacated and the indictment dismissed. Even though the statute decriminalizing the simple possession of a gravity knife did not take effect until May 30, 2019 (see L 2019, ch 34, § 1), under the circumstances of this case, we vacate the judgment and dismiss the indictment, as a matter of discretion in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction … . People v Merrill, 2020 NY Slip Op 05936, Second Dept 10-21-20

 

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