People v. Arnold

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered October 27, 1988, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of the crime of assault in the first degree beyond a reasonable doubt. The complainant testified that he was wounded when the defendant fired a shotgun at him from a distance of…