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ALTHOUGH THE OPERATION OF THE KNIFE WAS DEMONSTRATED AT TRIAL, THERE WAS NO RECORD EVIDENCE THAT THE KNIFE POSSESSED BY DEFENDANT WAS A GRAVITY KNIFE, RELATED CONVICTION REVERSED UNDER A WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE ANALYSIS (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, under a weight of the evidence analysis, determined that the proof did not support the jury’s finding that the weapon possessed by defendant was a gravity knife:

Penal Law § 265.00(5) defines a “[g]ravity knife” as a “knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force which, when released, is locked in place by means of a button, spring, lever or other device.” “[A] gravity knife, as so defined, requires that the blade lock in place automatically upon its release and without further action by the user” … . …

Although an officer demonstrated the operation of the knife at trial, the record contains “no contemporaneous description of what the jury saw” during that demonstration … . Further, there is no other evidence in the record that established whether or how the blade locked. In short, the People failed to create a record proving that the knife satisfied the statutory definition of a gravity knife  … . Thus, the weight of the evidence before us does not support a finding that the defendant’s knife was, in fact, a gravity knife … . People v Sauri, 2019 NY Slip Op 02359, Second Deplt 3-27-19

 

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