N.Y. Penal Law § 265.08 : Offenses Against Public Safety — Penal — Firearms And Other Dangerous Weapons — Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree

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Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

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.

N.Y. Penal Law § 265.08
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