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PEOPLE v. OWUSU

93 N.Y.2d 398 (1999)

712 N.E.2d 1228

690 N.Y.S.2d 863

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MAXWELL OWUSU, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Friedman, Brooklyn, for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Joyce Slevin and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur with Judge WESLEY; Judge BELLACOSA dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion; Judge ROSENBLATT taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WESLEY, J.

In this case we are called upon to decide whether an individual's teeth can constitute a "dangerous instrument" within the meaning of Penal Law § 10.00 (13). While the use of an object to produce injury is an appropriate analytical vehicle to determine whether an object is dangerous, the statute's ordinary meaning, its legislative history and our jurisprudence persuade us that an individual's body part does not...

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