People v. Searcy

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J.), rendered January 10, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4 years and 2 to 4 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was properly convicted of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, since the evidence warranted the conclusion that the knife he used constituted a dangerous instrument (Penal Law § 10.00…