In re Daniel A.
Opinion of the Court
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Helen Sturm, J.), entered on or about February 21, 2002, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he had committed acts which, if committed by an
The court’s finding was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490 [1987]). There is no basis for disturbing the court’s determinations concerning identification and credibility. The evidence established that the victim had ample opportunity to observe appellant.
As the presentment agency concedes, the two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree required proof that appellant’s weapon was operable, and since no such evidence was introduced, those counts should be dismissed. As further conceded by the presentment agency, the counts of attempted robbery in the second degree under Penal Law §§ 110.00 and 160.10 (2) (b), attempted robbery in the third degree and menacing in the third degree should be dismissed as lesser included offenses of attempted robbery in the first degree and menacing in the second degree. Concur — Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Buckley, Rosenberger and Friedman, JJ.
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