People v. Thomas-Diaz (Neftali)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Neftali Thomas-Diaz, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Bronx County (Ann E. Scherzer, J.), rendered September 12, 2012, after a nonjury trial, convicting him of harassment in the second degree, and imposing sentence.

Judgment of conviction (Ann E. Scherzer, J.), rendered September 12, 2012, affirmed.The accusatory instrument was not jurisdictionally defective. It charged all the elements of harassment in the second degree (see Penal Law § 240.26[3]). The instrument recited…