N.Y. PEN Law § 265.19
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 265.19, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon
Official statutory text
§ 265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.\n A person is guilty of aggravated criminal possession of a weapon when\nhe or she commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the\nsecond degree as defined in subdivision three of section 265.03 of this\narticle and also commits any violent felony offense as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 70.02 of this chapter or a drug trafficking\nfelony as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section 10.00 of this\nchapter arising out of the same criminal transaction.\n Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon is a class C felony.\n
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