Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that the People failed to present legally sufficient evidence that he "abducted" the victim, which is an element of the crime of kidnapping in the second degree. The defendant claims that the evidence merely established that the victim was restrained, and thus, his kidnapping conviction should be reduced to a conviction of unlawful imprisonment. We disagree.
Viewing the evidence in the light most...
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