People v. Zimmer

Appeal from a judgment of the Chemung County Court, rendered July 12, 1974, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree and sentencing him to a term of two years and four months to seven years in the custody of the State Department of Correction. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted as a result of a knife attack upon one Tracy Mace which took place in the vicinity of the Newtown Inn in Elmira, New York, on September 6, 1973. On this appeal, he makes three contentions, all of which are without merit. Initially, defendant argues that the trial court…