New York Court of Appeals December 22, 2016 (People v. Finkelstein)

lead-opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Pigott, J.

Defendant was charged with, among other crimes, two counts of coercion in the first degree for threatening his former girlfriend (see Penal Law § 135.65 [1]). Specifically, he threat*348ened her physically and threatened to ruin her small business after she asked defendant to move out of her apartment.