People v. Leonard

Jones, J. (dissenting).

Because I disagree with the majority’s holding that the instant defendant’s conviction for kidnapping in the second degree was supported by legally sufficient evidence, I respectfully dissent. Here, the People failed to adduce such evidence to prove all the elements of kidnapping in the second degree. Moreover, in reaching their holding, the majority has taken defendant’s threatened use of force, which amounts to endangering the welfare of a child, an offense for which defendant was prosecuted and convicted, and contrived a scenario whereby an individual whose actions…