People v. Chiddick

OPINION OF THE COURT

Smith, J.

We hold that the evidence in this case was sufficient to support the jury’s finding that defendant caused “substantial pain” and therefore “physical injury” to his victim.

Defendant made the mistake of committing burglary in a building where Adrian Gentles was working. Gentles confronted him and the two scuffled, defendant trying to escape and Gentles trying to hold on to him. Defendant bit Gentles on the left ring finger and fled, but Gentles followed him in a car, eventually cornered him, and turned him over to the police.

The bite caused Gentles’s fingernail to…