People v. Lawrence
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings *359County (Carroll, J.), rendered June 26, 1997, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly denied the defendant’s request to charge assault in the second degree as a lesser-included offense of assault in the first degree. There was no reasonable view of the evidence to support a finding that the victim sustained “physical injury’ but not “serious physical injury’…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. GloverNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. BanchNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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