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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.19: Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety
  4. Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons

§ 265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.

A person is guilty of aggravated criminal possession of a weapon when

he or she commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the

second degree as defined in subdivision three of section 265.03 of this

article and also commits any violent felony offense as defined in

subdivision one of section 70.02 of this chapter or a drug trafficking

felony as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section 10.00 of this

chapter arising out of the same criminal transaction.

Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon is a class C felony.

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