People v. Simone-Taylor

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: From our review of the record, we conclude that the evidence adduced at trial was legally sufficient to convict defendant and that the People met their burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt all elements of the crimes of kidnapping in the first degree and promoting prostitution in the third degree. Defendant was convicted of three counts of kidnapping in the first degree under three different subdivisions of the statute, viz., abducting another person and restraining that person for a period of more than 12 hours with intent to: (a) inflict…