Defendant was properly convicted of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, since the evidence warranted the conclusion that the knife he used constituted a dangerous instrument (Penal Law § 10.00 [13]), in that it was readily capable of causing serious physical injury under the circumstances of its use (see People v Carter,
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