The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant was properly convicted of reckless endangerment, and we reject his argument that by fleeing onto subway tracks he only endangered himself. The officers' pursuit of defendant, resulting in grave danger to themselves, was a clearly foreseeable consequence of defendant's flight, and the elements of reckless endangerment were satisfied (see e.g. People v Jersey,<...
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