In what circumstances will a police officer be able to determine what type of object was the object at the scene of an assault?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Cutlip, 2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 26325, 38 N.Y.S.3d 750, 53 Misc.3d 1164 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2016):

that he was 90 percent sure that it was either a knife or some other weapon the way that the clip is designed and curved was typical of clips that are part of knives (People v. Herrera, 76 A.D.3d at 892893, 908 N.Y.S.2d 383 ). On defense counsel's cross-examination, the officer rejected counsel's suggestion that there was a likelihood that the object was something like a money clip, a cellphone, or a tape measure (id. at 893, 908 N.Y.S.2d 383 ).

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