The plea court correctly adjudicated defendant a second violent felony offender based on his Massachusetts weapon possession conviction, and the motion court correctly declined to set aside the sentence. Both presently and at the time of defendant's Massachusetts conviction, the Massachusetts statute at issue did not define the term "firearm" any more broadly than the corresponding New York statute. For the reasons set forth in the motion court's opinion (69 Misc.3d 1204...
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