PEOPLE v. LENDOF-GONZALEZ

No. 81.

36 N.Y.3d 87 (2020)

163 N.E.3d 15

139 N.Y.S.3d 84

2020 NY Slip Op 06940

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. BENITO LENDOF-GONZALEZ, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caroline A. Wojtaszek , District Attorney, Lockport ( Thomas H. Brandt and Mary Jean Bowman of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Graff , Lockport, for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Under our long-standing precedents, a person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if the person's conduct comes "dangerously close" to committing the intended crime (People v Mahboubian, 74 N.Y.2d 174, 191 ...

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