People v. Henley

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Thomas *1579P. Franczyk, J.), rendered October 2, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of assault in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]). In March 2013, defendant stabbed his mother’s boyfriend several times with a knife, causing injuries that included a potentially fatal laceration to his heart. The police were dispatched to the…