People v. Coffin

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Sheridan, J.), rendered May 8, 1996, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Found guilty of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree following a jury trial, defendant appeals contending that this verdict is legally insufficient and against the weight of the evidence. We disagree.

It was established at trial that on April 20, 1995, the victim and his friend, Patrick Leigh, were walking down the…