N.Y. Penal Law § 265.08: Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Law
- Part 3. Specific Offenses
- Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety
- Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
§ 265.08 Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm in the second degree
when he commits any class C violent felony offense as defined in
paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 70.02 and he either:
(1) possesses a deadly weapon, if the weapon is a loaded weapon from
which a shot, readily capable of producing death or other serious injury
may be discharged; or
(2) displays what appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun,
machine gun or other firearm.
Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree is a class C felony.
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