PEOPLE v. FINKELSTEIN

No. 206.

28 N.Y.3d 345 (2016)

68 N.E.3d 64

45 N.Y.S.3d 339

2016 NY Slip Op 08585

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. STEVEN FINKELSTEIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Sara Gurwitch of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Dana Poole and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DiFIORE and Judges ABDUS-SALAAM, STEIN, FAHEY and GARCIA concur; Judge RIVERA dissents in an opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Defendant was charged with, among other crimes, two counts of coercion in the first degree for threatening his former girlfriend (see Penal Law § 135.65 [1]). Specifically, he threatened her physically and threatened to ruin her small business after...

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