People v. Young

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject the contention of defendant that there is insufficient evidence of physical injury to sustain his conviction of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [2]). The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620, 621), establishes that defendant and three or four other men viciously attacked and beat the victim. The victim died of a stab wound inflicted by one of the other men during the beating. Defendant repeatedly struck the victim with a pipe or stick, resulting in blunt force…