Legal Opinion

People v. Chrysler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 15, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: The conduct of defendant in holding a gun to the head of his former girlfriend and threatening her with it is insufficient to support a conviction of reckless endangerment. "Reckless endangerment frequently involves the use of firearms, but no case has been found which holds that the mere threatened use of a gun is sufficient to *941support a reckless endangerment conviction and there are decisions holding that it does not (see, e.g., People v Richardson, 97 AD2d 693, 694)” (People v Davis, 72 NY2d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. People v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re David PP.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  2. People v. TuckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

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