In re Luis A.
Opinion of the Court
Order of disposi
Viewed in a light most favorable to the presentment agency, the evidence of respondent’s repeated acts of stalking, hitting, grabbing and threatening the complainant with physical harm could lead a rational person to infer that respondent intended to place complainant in reasonable fear of physical injury, and thereby was guilty of second degree menacing (Penal Law § 120.14 [2]; see, Matter of Moises O., 189 AD2d 687). That some of these acts occurred while respondent and the complainant were in a dating relationship does not require a finding to the contrary. There is nothing in the statute itself to indicate a legislative intent to immunize stalkers who target persons familiar to them. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Rubin, Kupferman, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.
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