Case ID: ad2d_148/html/1006-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Kenneth Murray, Appellant.
   Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and indictment dismissed. Memorandum: The conviction of attempted assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [3]) must be reversed because "the crime * * * is a legal impossibility” (People v Campbell, 72 NY2d 602, 607). (Appeal from judgment of Genesee County Court, Morton, J. — attempted assault, second degree.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Callahan, Green, Pine and Lawton, JJ.