PEOPLE v. TEJADA

5615. 1141/12.

158 A.D.3d 443 (2018)

67 N.Y.S.3d 831

2018 NY Slip Op 00801

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LUIS TEJADA, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided February 6, 2018.


The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The jury could have reasonably concluded that defendant's display of a knife, in conjunction with his demand for the victim's purse and immediate flight with her property, constituted the threatened use of a dangerous instrument, because "there was no reasonable explanation of...

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