People v. Roldan

*822OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Div ision should be affirmed.

Defendant held three people hostage in an apartment building lobby by threatening them with ai large knife while demanding that the police secure him transportation to Puerto Rico where his mother lived. While this behavior may have been bizarre and unlikely to succeed, the jury could still conclude based on Dr. Herman’s testimony, beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant had substantial capacity to know or appreciate the nature and consequences of his conduct and that the conduct was wrong (cf. People v…