People v. Lee

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County *399(Rios, J.), rendered November 29, 1999, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the People failed to prove that the complainant suffered a “physical injury” within the meaning of the Penal Law as the result of being struck by a “dangerous instrument” (Penal Law § 120.05 [2]). However, viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we…