PEOPLE v. PARRILLA

No. 48

27 N.Y.3d 400 (2016)

53 N.E.3d 719

33 N.Y.S.3d 842

2016 NY Slip Op 03417

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ELLIOT PARRILLA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City, for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York City (Andrew E. Seewald and Patrick J. Hynes of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges PIGOTT, RIVERA, ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN and FAHEY concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

It is not disputed that defendant Elliot Parrilla possessed a folding utility knife at the time of his arrest. He asserts, however, that he was unaware that the knife's characteristics rendered it a gravity knife and that the People were required to prove such knowledge to establish an element of the crime...

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