People v. Yong Yi Wu

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490). Defendant’s acts were intended to instill fear in the victim to induce him to drop criminal charges (Penal Law § 215.15 [1]; People v Gamble, 74 NY2d 904). A day after defendant learned that the police were looking for him in connection with an incident a week earlier, wherein an elevator operator was injured at defendant’s former workplace, defendant and his brother returned to the building. There, defendant held the elevator door open, and yelled at the…