| People v Johnson |
| 2020 NY Slip Op 03625 [184 AD3d 545] |
| June 25, 2020 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Elijah Johnson, Appellant. |
Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (David Crow of counsel) and Dechert LLP, New York (Ryan Strong of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Katherine Kulkarni of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert M. Stolz, J.), rendered November 15,
2017, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him,
as a second felony offender, to a term of 6
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342 [2007]). There is no basis for disturbing the jury's credibility determinations. Viewed as a whole, the evidence, including expert testimony, supports the conclusion that defendant used a taser on the victim, which constituted a dangerous instrument because it was readily capable of causing serious physical injury under the circumstances of its use (see Penal Law § 10.00 [13]; People v Richard, 30 AD3d 750, 753 [3d Dept 2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 869 [2006]; People v MacCary, 173 AD2d 646, 647 [2d Dept 1991], lv denied 78 NY2d 969 [1991]). Concur—Renwick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Webber, Kern, Moulton, JJ.