People v. Reynoso

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael Corriere, J.), rendered October 20, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 2 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to defendant, there is nothing to support a finding that defendant had a reasonable belief that the copper-colored flat-topped bullets that he loaded into the revolver before pointing and firing it at the victim were in fact blanks, and could cause no harm. Defendant’s information that the bullets were "blanks” was…