People v. Sudan

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lament, J.), rendered October 1, 1999 in Albany County, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted as charged of assault in the second degree for his actions in the City of Albany shortly after midnight on February 3, 1999 in repeatedly beating Allinden Dickson with a metal pipe and wooden crutch (see Penal Law § 120.05 [2] [intentionally causing physical injury by means of a dangerous instrument]). Dickson testified that while babysitting the child of a friend,…