People v. Aitkens

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Ordered that the judgment of conviction is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and so much of the accusatory instrument as charged defendant with resisting arrest is dismissed.

*52Defendant was charged, in a single information, with obstructing governmental administration in the second degree (Penal Law § 195.05) for allegedly attempting to interfere in the arrest of her sister, resisting arrest (Penal Law § 205.30) and disorderly conduct (Penal Law § 240.20 [1]). After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of resisting arrest and…