People v. Gasca

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.), rendered November 29, 1993, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and sentenced him to a term of 3 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in a light most favorable to the prosecution and giving it the benefit of every reasonable inference (People v Malizia, 62 NY2d 755, cert denied 469 US 932), defendant’s conviction for assault in the first degree was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon an independent review of the facts, the verdict was not…