Opinion
16031
11-05-2015
In re SHALICK M., A Person Alleged to be A Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant. Presentment Agency.
Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Marcia Egger of counsel), for appellant. Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Antonella Karlin of counsel), for presentment agency.
Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Marcia Egger of counsel), for appellant.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Antonella Karlin of counsel), for presentment agency.
Opinion Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan R. Larabee, J.), entered on or about August 28, 2014, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent upon a fact-finding determination that he committed acts that, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crimes of attempted assault in the second degree, attempted assault in the third degree (two counts), reckless endangerment in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and menacing in the second degree, and placed him on probation for a period of 18 months, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of dismissing the finding as to attempted third-degree assault under Penal Law § 120.00(2), and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Except as indicated, the court's finding was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v. Danielson, 9 N.Y.3d 342, 348–349, 849 N.Y.S.2d 480, 880 N.E.2d 1 [2007] ). There is no basis for disturbing the court's credibility determinations. The record supports the inference that when, during an argument, appellant departed and returned with a knife, with which he cut the victim in the stomach area, appellant intended to cause physical injury. The record also supports the finding as to reckless endangerment, and that finding was consistent with the court's findings as to offenses requiring intent, because the different mental states involved different results under the facts presented (see People v. Trappier, 87 N.Y.2d 55, 637 N.Y.S.2d 352, 660 N.E.2d 1131 [1995] ). However, as the presentment agency concedes, since Penal Law § 120.00(2) involves reckless assault, it is legally impossible to attempt that crime.
An 18–month period of probation is the least restrictive dispositional alternative consistent with appellant's needs and the community's need for protection (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947, 479 N.Y.S.2d 190, 468 N.E.2d 28 [1984] ), particularly given the seriousness of the underlying conduct.
SWEENY, J.P., ACOSTA, RICHTER, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ., concur.