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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONNIE CASSANO, Appellant.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence ( People v. Bleakley, 69 N.Y.2d 490). Defendant's actions in grabbing a two-year-old child, who was non-verbal and thus unable to seek help, from the custody of his uncle and walking swiftly with the child into a crowded street amply demonstrated the requisite intent to abduct the victim within the meaning of Penal Law § 135.00 (2) (a). Issues concerning intoxication and the evaluation of conflicting expert testimony as to defendant's mental state were for the finder of fact to resolve, and we see no reason to disturb its findings.

Concur — Lerner, P.J., Sullivan, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.

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PEOPLE v. CASSANO
(Oct 13, 1998)