People v. Kavvadas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Ordered that the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

An information was filed charging defendant with, among other things, assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [1]), alleging that defendant had pushed the complainant to the ground, causing the complainant to sustain lacerations to his back, shoulder and buttocks, and had struck the complainant in the face, fracturing the complainant’s right orbital bone. The information further alleged that defendant had thereby caused the complainant substantial pain.

Thereafter, defendant served the People with a…