People v. Rivera

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx *380County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered April 5, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 5 Vi to 11 years and 3 to 6 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), the victim’s testimony that, as a result of being repeatedly punched in the chest, he coughed blood for three weeks and was in pain and unable to work, and that…