In this gravity knife case, defendant's challenge to the court's instruction on the knowledge element of weapons possession is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. The record does not support defendant's assertion that he preserved the issue during a colloquy over a jury note. As an alternative holding, we find that the court correctly instructed the jury (see People v Parrilla,
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