People v. Taylor

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting *903him of attempted murder in the first degree and attempted assault in the first degree with respect to a police officer, and kidnapping in the first degree and reckless endangerment in the second degree with respect to an insurance saleswoman, stemming from an incident at the Greater Buffalo International Airport. He took the woman hostage and demanded an airplane to take him to Japan. After the woman escaped from him, defendant, while holding a pointed steak knife with a five-inch serrated blade, ran at…