People v. Lanier

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Michael A. Gross, J.), rendered October 21, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of seven years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury’s determinations concerning credibility (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). The element of serious physical injury (Penal Law § 10.00 [10]) was established by evidence that the…