People v. Cirillo

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Turner, Jr., J.), rendered December 17, 1991, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of kidnapping in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree and assault in the third degree.

Defendant’s principal contention on this appeal is that the *855People failed to prove that he "abducted” the complainant and that she was "restrained” for a period of more than 12 hours (Penal Law § 135.25 [2]). We disagree.

Abduction means to restrain a person by secreting the person in a place where he or she is not likely to be…