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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
NYC’s 3 1/2 year mandatory jail time sentence for carrying a loaded weapon
In fact, John M. Caher, a spokesman for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, said that fewer than 10 percent of the people in New York City who were charged with criminal possession of a weapon — the charge Burress is facing — were convicted of that charge and that many ended up being convicted of a lesser charge. However, Gottlieb noted that the public attention made it unlikely that prosecutors would accept a lesser charge.