The state Court of Appeals upheld a driver’s conviction for illegal possession of a gravity knife Tuesday, ruling that the defendant’s argument that he did not know of the knife’s illegal features did not invalidate his conviction.
Elliot Parrilla told police he was unaware that the knife found in his pocket during a 2011 traffic stop in Manhattan opened with a flick of the wrist as well as with two hands, which is how Parrilla said he had used it to cut tiles in his job as a tradesman.
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