The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. The elements of first-degree criminal contempt were properly established by evidence of the series of encounters between defendant and the victim, after she had obtained an order of protection, in which defendant engaged in increasingly threatening behavior (Penal Law § 215.51 [b] [ii]). When each incident, with particular reference to the July 31 and August 5, 1999 incidents...
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