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PEOPLE v. WOOD

59 N.Y.2d 811 (1983)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willet J. Wood, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lunn for appellant.

Donald O. Chesworth, Jr., District Attorney (Melvin Bressler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur in memorandum.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of County Court should be reversed and the information dismissed.

To support a conviction under subdivision 5 of section 240.25 of the Penal Law, the People must establish that the defendant had "engage[d] in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit[ted] acts which alarm[ed] or seriously annoy[ed]" another person and had no legitimate purpose. (Penal Law, § 240.25, subd 5; People v Chasserot...

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