Legal Opinion

People v. Padgett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 21, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens *609County (Rotker, J.), rendered June 5, 1991, convicting him of reckless endangerment in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant fired two shots from a pump-action rifle at two police officers who were investigating a report of a man with a gun. Viewing the evidence adduced at the trial in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. BrathwaiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. People v. PadgettNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

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