People v. Lafferty

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

Defendant, Jimmy Lafferty, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree assault. We affirm.

Defendant was charged after a neighbor called 911 upon hearing an argument between defendant and the victim, his girlfriend: When the neighbor heard the victim calling for help, he went out to the hallway, found her on the floor, and noticed a "massive bruise on her face."

After the neighbor brought the victim into his apartment, she told the 911 dispatcher that she had been beaten by defendant and that she was going to press…