The People v. Benito Lendof-Gonzalez

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 81 The People &c., Appellant, v. Benito Lendof-Gonzalez, Respondent. Submitted by Mary Jean Bowman, for appellant. Submitted by Robert M. Graff, for respondent. FEINMAN, J.: Under our long-standing precedents, a person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if the person’s conduct comes “dangerously close” to committing the intended crime (People v Mahboubian,

74 NY2d 174, 191

[1989]; People v Moran, 123 NY 254, 257 -1- -2- No. 81 [1890]). The…