It appears Plaxico Burress isn’t a big enough celebrity to totally ignore the Sullivan Law, but he was able to plead guilty to a lesser charge:
“Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge on Thursday and agreed to a two-year prison sentence … Burress agreed to a deal in which he pleaded guilty to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, which is less severe than the two counts of criminal possession and one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment …”