People v Williams

Holding The court modified the judgment by reducing the conviction for aggravated cruelty to animals to overdriving, torturing and injuring animals because the evidence was legally insufficient to prove the element of serious physical injury. The court rejected the defendant’s speedy trial claim, finding that the People complied with discovery obligations by making materials accessible.

The court’s words

the evidence was not sufficient to support a finding, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it was a serious disfigurement

2026 NY Slip Op 04653, at the official text

The People complied with their discovery obligations inasmuch as they disclosed the existence of the materials at issue

2026 NY Slip Op 04653, at the official text